§20 Criminal Jurisdiction.

Summary

Decides who can handle crimes on Pueblo lands in New Mexico that were granted by a prior sovereign and later confirmed by Congress or the Court of Private Land Claims, unless Congress says otherwise. The Pueblo government has authority over crimes by Pueblo members, people the law calls "Indian" (see title 25, sections 1301(2) and 1301(4)), or Indian-owned businesses. The United States handles offenses listed in chapter 53 of title 18 when they involve those Indians, Indian-owned entities, or Indian property or interests. New Mexico handles crimes by people who are not Pueblo members or those Indians when the federal government does not.