Title 25 — IndiansRelease 119-73not60
§1324 Amendment of State Constitutions or Statutes to Remove Legal Impediment; Effective Date
Title 25 › Chapter 15— CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS OF INDIANS › Subchapter III— JURISDICTION OVER CRIMINAL AND CIVIL ACTIONS › § 1324
Summary
The United States allows the people of any State to change their State constitution or laws, even if their admission act says otherwise, to remove legal barriers so the State can take over civil or criminal legal authority under this subchapter. The subchapter won’t apply to that State’s takeover until the people have made those constitutional or statutory changes.
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Title 25, §1324
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Notwithstanding the provisions of any enabling Act for the admission of a State, the consent of the United States is hereby given to the people of any State to amend, where necessary, their State constitution or existing statutes, as the case may be, to remove any legal impediment to the assumption of civil or criminal jurisdiction in accordance with the provisions of this subchapter. The provisions of this subchapter shall not become effective with respect to such assumption of jurisdiction by any such State until the people thereof have appropriately amended their State constitution or statutes, as the case may be.
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25 U.S.C. § 1324
Title 25 — Indians
Last Updated
Apr 5, 2026
Release point: 119-73not60