1.10.010

(a) No complaint filed in the Tribal Court shall be valid unless it shall bear the signature of the plaintiff, plaintiff's counsel, or complainant. Upon the filing of the complaint, the Clerk shall issue a summons to which shall be attached a copy of the complaint directing the defendant to appear before the court to answer the complaint at the time and place specified. Any summons in a civil case, other than an action filed by the Tribe for violation of an ordinance, and seeking either damages or injunctive relief, or both, shall require that a written answer be served on the complainant and the court within not more than thirty (30) days from the date of service of the summons and copy of complaint.

(b) At the time and place, and in the manner properly specified by the summons, the defendant shall answer the complaint. Such answer, in the case of an action filed by the Tribe for the violation of an ordinance shall admit or deny the charge, or the defendant shall stand mute or plead no contest. In all other cases the answer shall admit or deny each of the allegations of the complaint, and shall assert any grounds for dismissal, any permitted affirmative defense, any counter claims, and any third-party claims.

(c) Any case charging a defendant with violation of a tribal conservation ordinance may be commenced by filing of a citation containing the time, date, and place of the alleged violation, the name (if known) of the alleged violator, the date of birth and address (if known) of the alleged violator, the section alleged to have been violated, a brief summary statement of the facts constituting the violation, a notification to the alleged violator of the date he or she is required to appear in Tribal Court, and the sworn signature and date of issuing officer.

(d) Any other type of case may be commenced as otherwise provided for by ordinance.