[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 18USC1162]
TITLE 18--CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
PART I--CRIMES
CHAPTER 53--INDIANS
Sec. 1162. State jurisdiction over offenses committed by or
against Indians in the Indian country
(a) Each of the States or Territories listed in the following table
shall have jurisdiction over offenses committed by or against Indians in
the areas of Indian country listed opposite the name of the State or
Territory to the same extent that such State or Territory has
jurisdiction over offenses committed elsewhere within the State or
Territory, and the criminal laws of such State or Territory shall have
the same force and effect within such Indian country as they have
elsewhere within the State or Territory:
State or Territory of Indian country affected
Alaska.......................................... All Indian country within the State, except that on Annette
Islands, the Metlakatla Indian community may exercise
jurisdiction over offenses committed by Indians in the same
manner in which such jurisdiction may be exercised by Indian
tribes in Indian country over which State jurisdiction has
not been extended.
California...................................... All Indian country within the State.
Minnesota....................................... All Indian country within the State, except the Red Lake
Reservation.
Nebraska........................................ All Indian country within the State.
Oregon.......................................... All Indian country within the State, except the Warm Springs
Reservation.
Wisconsin....................................... All Indian country within the State.
(b) Nothing in this section shall authorize the alienation,
encumbrance, or taxation of any real or personal property, including
water rights, belonging to any Indian or any Indian tribe, band, or
community that is held in trust by the United States or is subject to a
restriction against alienation imposed by the United States; or shall
authorize regulation of the use of such property in a manner
inconsistent with any Federal treaty, agreement, or statute or with any
regulation made pursuant thereto; or shall deprive any Indian or any
Indian tribe, band, or community of any right, privilege, or immunity
afforded under Federal treaty, agreement, or statute with respect to
hunting, trapping, or fishing or the control, licensing, or regulation
thereof.
(c) The provisions of sections 1152 and 1153 of this chapter shall
not be applicable within the areas of Indian country listed in
subsection (a) of this section as areas over which the several States
have exclusive jurisdiction.
(Added Aug. 15, 1953, ch. 505, Sec. 2, 67 Stat. 588; amended Aug. 24,
1954, ch. 910, Sec. 1, 68 Stat. 795; Pub. L. 85-615, Sec. 1, Aug. 8,
1958, 72 Stat. 545; Pub. L. 91-523, Secs. 1, 2, Nov. 25, 1970, 84 Stat.
1358.)
Amendments
1970--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 91-523, Sec. 1, substituted provisions
relating to the jurisdiction of the State of Alaska over offenses by or
against Indians in the Indian country, and certain excepted areas, for
provisions relating to the jurisdiction of the Territory of Alaska over
offenses by or against Indians in the Indian country.
Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 91-523, Sec. 2, inse
