{"data":{"id":"us/25-cfr-11.118","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"25 CFR 11.118","heading":"What are the jurisdictional limitations of the Court of Indian Offenses?","body":"(a) A Court of Indian Offenses may exercise over a Federal or State official only the same jurisdiction that it could exercise if it were a tribal court. The jurisdiction of Courts of Indian Offenses does not extend to Federal or State employees acting within the scope of their employment.\n(b) A Court of Indian Offenses may not adjudicate an election dispute, take jurisdiction over a suit against a tribe, or adjudicate any internal tribal government dispute, unless the relevant tribal governing body passes a resolution, ordinance, or referendum granting the court jurisdiction.\n(c) In deciding who is a tribal official, BIA will give deference to a decision of the Court of Indian Offenses, acting as a tribal forum by resolution or ordinance of a tribal governing body under paragraph (b) of this section.\n(d) A tribe may not be sued in a Court of Indian Offenses unless its tribal governing body explicitly waives its tribal immunity by tribal resolution or ordinance.","path":["Title 25—Indians","CHAPTER I—BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR","SUBCHAPTER B—LAW AND ORDER","PART 11—COURTS OF INDIAN OFFENSES AND LAW AND ORDER CODE","Subpart A—Application; Jurisdiction"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-25.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:24:59Z","sha256":"5cb2d860250569f632fd63f68075ff266a7c52386112a7ce264f9d35e15dc441","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/25-cfr-11.116","next":"us/25-cfr-11.200"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}