Title 25, IndiansRelease 119-110

§1325 Abatement of Actions

Title 25 › CHAPTER 15 — CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS OF INDIANS › SUBCHAPTER III — JURISDICTION OVER CRIMINAL AND CIVIL ACTIONS › § 1325

Last updated Sep 22, 2026|Official source

Summary

When the United States gives up jurisdiction under this law, any case already before a U.S. court or agency does not stop because of that change. For those cases, the change only takes effect the day after the court or agency makes its final decision. If a person is charged with a crime that happened before the cession took effect, U.S. courts still can try, decide, sentence, and carry out the case, as long as the act was a federal offense when it happened. For that criminal case, the cession takes effect the day after the final decision.

Full Legal Text

Title 25, §1325

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(a)Pending actions or proceedings; effect of cession

No action or proceeding pending before any court or agency of the United States immediately prior to any cession of jurisdiction by the United States pursuant to this subchapter shall abate by reason of that cession. For the purposes of any such action or proceeding, such cession shall take effect on the day following the date of final determination of such action or proceeding.

(b)Criminal actions; effect of cession

No cession made by the United States under this subchapter shall deprive any court of the United States of jurisdiction to hear, determine, render judgment, or impose sentence in any criminal action instituted against any person for any offense committed before the effective date of such cession, if the offense charged in such action was cognizable under any law of the United States at the time of the commission of such offense. For the purposes of any such criminal action, such cession shall take effect on the day following the date of final determination of such action.

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Citation

25 U.S.C. § 1325

Title 25, Indians

Last Updated

Sep 22, 2026

Release point: 119-110