16 U.S.C. § 480 — Civil and criminal jurisdiction
submitted 129 years ago by ch. 2 to r/title-16-CONSERVATION · 87 words · no verdicts yet
Creating a national forest does not change or reduce the civil or criminal jurisdiction over people inside it, except for punishing federal crimes there. The state where a national forest sits does not lose its jurisdiction because the forest was created. People living there keep their rights as state citizens and still owe the duties of state citizens.
The jurisdiction, both civil and criminal, over persons within national forests shall not be affected or changed by reason of their existence, except so far as the punishment of offenses against the United States therein is concerned; the intent and meaning of this provision being that the State wherein any such national forest is situated shall not, by reason of the establishment thereof, lose its jurisdiction, nor the inhabitants thereof their rights and privileges as citizens, or be absolved from their duties as citizens of the State.
Source credit: (June 4, 1897, ch. 2, § 1, 30 Stat. 36; Mar. 1, 1911, ch. 186, § 12, 36 Stat. 963.)
- 1897Enacted · Act of June 4, 1897, ch. 2 · 30 Stat. 36
- 1911Amended · Act of Mar. 1, 1911, ch. 186 · 36 Stat. 963
A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by ch. 2 on 1897-06-04.
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