25 CFR § 11.438 - Flight to avoid prosecution or judicial process.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t25/s11.438"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "25 CFR § 11.438 - Flight to avoid prosecution or judicial process."
title_number: 25
title_name: "Indians"
section_number: "11.438"
section_name: "Flight to avoid prosecution or judicial process."
chapter_name: "BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR"
subchapter_number: "B"
subchapter_name: "LAW AND ORDER"
part_number: "11"
part_name: "COURTS OF INDIAN OFFENSES AND LAW AND ORDER CODE"
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currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "5 U.S.C. 301; R.S. 463, 25 U.S.C. 2; R.S. 465, 25 U.S.C. 9; 42 Stat. 208, 25 U.S.C. 13; 38 Stat. 586, 25 U.S.C. 200."
regulatory_source: "58 FR 54411, Oct. 21, 1993, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "11"
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# 11.438 Flight to avoid prosecution or judicial process.

A person who shall absent himself or herself from the Indian country over which the Court of Indian Offenses exercises jurisdiction for the purpose of avoiding arrest, prosecution or other judicial process shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.