25 U.S.C. § 1322 — Assumption by State of civil jurisdiction

(a) Consent of United States; force and effect of civil laws The consent of the United States is hereby given to any State not having jurisdiction over civil causes of action between Indians or to which Indians are parties which arise in the areas of Indian country situated within that State to assume, with the consent of the tribe occupying the particular Indian country or part of it which would be affected by that assumption, that measure of jurisdiction over any or all that civil causes of action arising within that Indian country or any part of it as may be determined by that State to the same extent that that State has jurisdiction over other civil causes of action, and those civil laws of that State that are of general application to private people or private property has the same force and effect within that Indian country or part of it as they have elsewhere within that State. (b) Alienation, encumbrance, taxation, use, and probate of property Nothing in this section shall authorize the alienation, encumbrance, or taxation of any real or personal property, including water rights, belonging to any Indian or any Indian tribe, band, or community that is held in trust by the United States or is subject to a restriction against alienation imposed by the United States; or shall authorize regulation of the use of that property in a manner inconsistent with any Federal treaty, agreement, or statute, or with any regulation made pursuant thereto; or shall confer jurisdiction upon the State to adjudicate, in probate proceedings or otherwise, the ownership or right to possession of that property or any interest in it. (c) Force and effect of tribal ordinances or customs Any tribal ordinance or custom before this or after this adopted by an Indian tribe, band, or community in the exercise of any authority which it may possess shall, if not inconsistent with any applicable civil law of the State, be given full force and effect in the determination of civil causes of action under this section.