VEH.3.1.020 Authority

LCO possesses the inherent sovereign authority to regulate its territory, and Article V, Section 1(s) of the LCO constitution empowers the tribal governing board to "promulgate and enforce ordinances governing the conduct of members of the Lac Courte Oreilles Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin and providing for the maintenance of law and order and the administration of justice by establishing a tribal court and defining its duties and powers."

The Lac Courte Oreilles Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians has the power and authority to license and register motor vehicles pursuant to its sovereign jurisdiction status and a reciprocal registration exemption agreement that has been entered into between the Lac Courte Oreilles Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians and the State of Wisconsin with parallel laws and statutes for cross administration and enforcement purposes.