Title 16 — ConservationRelease 119-73

§124 Jurisdiction by the United States; fugitives from justice

Title 16 › Chapter CHAPTER 1— - NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER XIV— - CRATER LAKE NATIONAL PARK › § 124

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

The United States has exclusive control of the land inside Crater Lake National Park. Oregon can still serve court papers and bring civil or criminal cases in the park if the claim or crime happened in Oregon outside the park. Oregon can also tax people, businesses, their franchises, and property on park land. Federal laws that apply to lands under U.S. control apply in the park. People who flee justice and hide in the park are treated the same as fugitives found elsewhere in Oregon.

Full Legal Text

Title 16, §124

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Sole and exclusive jurisdiction is assumed by the United States over the territory embraced within the Crater Lake National Park, saving, however, to the State of Oregon the right to serve civil or criminal process within the limits of the aforesaid park in suits or prosecution for or on account of rights acquired, obligations incurred, or crimes committed in said State but outside of said park, and saving further to the said State the right to tax persons and corporations, their franchises and property, on the lands included in said park. All the laws applicable to places under the sole and exclusive jurisdiction of the United States shall have force and effect in said park. All fugitives from justice taking refuge in said park shall be subject to the same laws as refugees from justice found in the State of Oregon.

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Editorial Notes

Codification A provision accepting the act of the Oregon Legislature which ceded to the United States exclusive jurisdiction over the territory referred to in this section has been omitted as executed.

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Citation

16 U.S.C. § 124

Title 16 — Conservation

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73