Hopi Laws
NOTE: These are not the original source documents.
The Hopi Tribal Secretary’s Office can be contacted for official copies.
Constitution:
Constitution and By-Laws of the Hopi Tribe
April 15, 2013
Ordinances:
Ordinance 34
Hopi Tribal Election Ordinance
Ordinance 46
Exclusions (2)
Ordinance 61
Small Animal Control (2)
Ordinance 43
Amendment
Ordinance 53
Hopi Parental Responsibility Ordinance
Ordinance 52
Hopi Tribal Civil Trespass Ordinance
Ordinance 51
Hopi Tribe Mental Health Ordinance
Ordinance 50
Hopi Family Relations Ordinance
Ordinance 48
Wildlife Ordinance
Ordinance 47
Woodland Ordinance
Ordinance 46
Ordinance for the Regulation, Exclusion and Removal of Nonmembers
Ordinance 43
Ordinance for the Control of Livestock an Grazing on the Hopi Reservation
Ordinance 35
The Hopi Children's Code
Ordinance 33
Hopi Enrollment
Ordinance 21
Establishment of Courts and Appointment of Judges; Court Procedures; Criminal Code
Court Rules:
Hopi Indian Rules of Civil and Criminal Procedure
Adopted June 13, 1974
Hopi Rules of Civil Procedure
Enacted August 28, 2012 and Corrected April 04, 2013
Resolution H-12-76
To Establish the Hopi Tribal Courts as Courts of Record; to Establish an Order of Precedence for Authority to Guide Trial Courts in Making Decisions; and to Clarify the Procedures of the Appellate Court of the Hopi Tribe
Federal Rules used by our Court:
1.5.5. RULES OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE. The Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure shall govern all criminal proceedings before the Trial Court. In the event that there is a conflict between the Federal Rules and procedures established under Hopi law, the procedures established in Hopi law shall control.
1.5.6. RULES OF EVIDENCE. The Federal Rules of Evidence shall constitute the rules of evidence, to the extent that they do not conflict with Hopi law and tradition, in all proceedings before the Trial Courts.