Title 16, ConservationRelease 119-102
§395 Exclusive Jurisdiction in United States; Exceptions; Laws Applicable; Fugitives From Justice
Title 16 › CHAPTER 1 — NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES › SUBCHAPTER XLI — HAWAII NATIONAL PARK › § 395
Summary
Federal authority covers land now or later in Hawaii National Park. The Territory of Hawaii can still serve legal papers and pursue cases that began outside the park, and can tax people, businesses, and property there. Federal laws for U.S.-controlled areas apply, and fugitives hiding in the park are treated like fugitives elsewhere in the Territory.
Full Legal Text
Title 16, §395
Conservation, Source: USLM XML via OLRC
Sole and exclusive jurisdiction shall be exercised by the United States over the territory which is now or may hereafter be included in the Hawaii National Park in the Territory of Hawaii, saving, however, to the Territory of Hawaii 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 outside of said park, and saving further to the Territory of Hawaii 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 Territory of Hawaii.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National ParkDesignation of portion of Hawaii National Park situated on island of Hawaii as Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park, effective Sept. 22, 1961, see section 391d of this title. Haleakala̅ National ParkEstablishment of detached portion of Hawaii National Park lying on island of Maui as Haleakala̅ National Park, effective July 1, 1961, see section 396b of this title.
Executive Documents
Admission of Hawaii as StateAdmission of Hawaii into the Union was accomplished Aug. 21, 1959, on issuance of Proc. No. 3309, Aug. 21, 1959, 24 F.R. 6868, 73 Stat. c74, as required by section 1 and 7(c) of Pub. L. 86–3, Mar. 18, 1959, 73 Stat. 4, set out as notes preceding section 491 of Title 48, Territories and Insular Possessions.
Reference
Citations & Metadata
Citation
16 U.S.C. § 395
Title 16, Conservation
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102