16 U.S.C. § 124: Jurisdiction by the United…

Summary

The United States has full legal control over the land inside Crater Lake National Park. Oregon can still serve court papers or prosecute people for rights, debts, or crimes that happened in Oregon but outside the park, and the State can tax people and businesses, including their business rights and property, on park land. Federal laws that apply to places under sole U.S. control also apply in the park. People who flee the law and hide in the park are handled the same as fugitives found elsewhere in Oregon.

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.

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.

§124 Jurisdiction by the United States; Fugitives From Justice

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Title 16, §124

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