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Title 16 — ConservationRelease 119-73

§204 Exclusive jurisdiction ceded to United States by California

Title 16 › Chapter CHAPTER 1— - NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER XXII— - LASSEN VOLCANIC NATIONAL PARK › § 204

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

The United States takes sole control of land in Lassen Volcanic National Park as of April 26, 1928, and for any land added later. California still may serve civil or criminal legal papers inside the park for matters that come from acts or crimes that happened in the State outside the park. The State can tax people and companies, their franchises and property in the park, and set and collect fishing license fees there. People living in the park can vote in county elections. Federal laws that apply to places under U.S. control also apply in the park. Anyone who flees to the park to avoid arrest is treated the same as fugitives found elsewhere in California.

Full Legal Text

Title 16, §204

Conservation — Source: USLM XML via OLRC

Sole and exclusive jurisdiction is assumed by the United States over the territory which is included as of April 26, 1928, or thereafter within the Lassen Volcanic National Park, saving, however, to the State of California the right to serve civil or criminal process within the limits of the aforesaid park in suits or prosecutions for or on account of rights acquired, obligations incurred, or crimes committed in said State 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, and the right to fix and collect license fees for fishing in said park; and saving also to the persons residing in said park now, or hereafter, the right to vote at all elections held within the county or counties in which said park is situated. All the laws applicable to places under 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 California.

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Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Codification A provision accepting the act of the California 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. § 204

Title 16 — Conservation

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73