PRIA, Government Policy, Made Personal

Summary

The United States has full legal control over the land inside Mount Rainier National Park. Washington State can still serve court papers or arrest and prosecute people inside the park when the case or crime happened in Washington but outside the park. The state can also tax people, companies, and property on park land. Federal laws that apply to other federal lands also apply in the park. People who run into the park to hide from the law are treated the same as fugitives found elsewhere in Washington.

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.

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.

§95 Jurisdiction by the United States; Fugitives From Justice

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Title 16, §95

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