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§459i–6 State and Local Jurisdiction

Title 16 › Chapter 1— NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES › Subchapter LXIII— NATIONAL SEASHORE RECREATIONAL AREAS › § 459i–6

Last updated Apr 5, 2026|Official source

Summary

Keeps Georgia and its cities and counties in charge of civil and criminal matters for people, acts, and crimes that happen inside the seashore. It also preserves their power to tax people, businesses, franchises, and other non‑Federal property on those lands.

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Title 16, §459i–6

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Nothing in sections 459i to 459i–9 of this title shall deprive the State of Georgia or any political subdivision thereof of its civil or criminal jurisdiction over persons found, acts performed, and offenses committed within the boundaries of the seashore, or of its right to tax persons, corporations, franchises, or other non-Federal property on lands included therein.

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16 U.S.C. § 459i–6

Title 16, Conservation

Last Updated

Apr 5, 2026

Release point: 119-73not60