§ 480. — Civil and criminal jurisdiction.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 16USC480]
TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 2--NATIONAL FORESTS
SUBCHAPTER I--ESTABLISHMENT AND ADMINISTRATION
Sec. 480. Civil and criminal jurisdiction
The jurisdiction, both civil and criminal, over persons within
national forests shall not be affected or changed by reason of their
existence, except so far as the punishment of offenses against the
United States therein is concerned; the intent and meaning of this
provision being that the State wherein any such national forest is
situated shall not, by reason of the establishment thereof, lose its
jurisdiction, nor the inhabitants thereof their rights and privileges as
citizens, or be absolved from their duties as citizens of the State.
(June 4, 1897, ch. 2, Sec. 1, 30 Stat. 36; Mar. 1, 1911, ch. 186,
Sec. 12, 36 Stat. 963.)
Codification
Provisions substantially in the language of this section are
contained in section 12 of act Mar. 1, 1911, applicable to national
forest lands acquired on the recommendation of the National Forest
Reservation Commission under sections 500, 515 to 519, 521, 552 and 563
of this title.
``National forests'' and ``national forest'' substituted in text for
``forest reservations'' and ``reservation'', respectively, on authority
of act Mar. 4, 1907, ch. 2907, 34 Stat. 1269, which provided that forest
reserves shall hereafter be known as national forests.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in sections 478, 482, 551 of this title.
