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§95 Jurisdiction by the United States; Fugitives From Justice
Title 16 › Chapter 1— NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES › Subchapter XI— MOUNT RAINIER NATIONAL PARK › § 95
Summary
The United States has full control of Mount Rainier National Park. Washington can still serve court papers and bring criminal charges inside the park when the matter began elsewhere in the State. The State can also tax people, companies, their business rights, and property on park land. Federal laws for places under U.S. control apply, and fugitives hiding there are treated the same as fugitives found in Washington.
Full Legal Text
Title 16, §95
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Sole and exclusive jurisdiction is assumed by the United States over the territory embraced within the Mount Rainier National Park, saving, however, to the State of Washington 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 Washington.
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Editorial Notes
Codification A provision accepting the act of the legislature of the State of Washington 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. § 95
Title 16 — Conservation
Last Updated
Apr 5, 2026
Release point: 119-73not60