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Saint Regis Mohawk Tribal Code of Law.

7.07.100 Enforcement of Assignee's Obligations

(a) The Tribal Council, acting directly or by or through the Tribal Clerk, may seek in Tribal Court the enforcement of any provision of this Land Assignment Ordinance and enforcement of the terms of any instrument in which the Tribe has an interest including, but not limited to, a certificate of assignment. The foregoing notwithstanding, unless pursuant to the rights of the Tribe arising under the terms of any loan program pursuant to which an assignment mortgage is made, only the loan program lender or permitted successor or assign of a loan program lender shall be entitled to enforce its security interest arising under an assignment mortgage.

(b) Tribal Court shall have jurisdiction and authority to hear and adjudicate any enforcement action brought pursuant to this section.

(c) Tribal Court shall specifically be authorized to award monetary damages and to impose such equitable orders as Tribal Court may deem necessary for the enforcement of tribal law in harmony with the purposes and intent of this Land Assignment Ordinance.