16 U.S.C. § 95 : US Code - Section 95: Jurisdiction by the United States; fugitives from justice
Search 16 U.S.C. § 95 : US Code - Section 95: Jurisdiction by the United States; fugitives from justice
Sole and exclusive jurisdiction is assumed by the United States
over the territory embraced within the Mount Rainier National Park,
saving, however, to the State of Washington the right to serve
civil or criminal process within the limits of the aforesaid park
in suits or prosecution for or on account of rights acquired,
obligations incurred, or crimes committed in said State but outside
of said park, and saving further to the said State the right to tax
persons and corporations, their franchises and property, on the
lands included in said park. All the laws applicable to places
under the sole and exclusive jurisdiction of the United States
shall have force and effect in said park. All fugitives from
justice taking refuge in said park shall be subject to the same
laws as refugees from justice found in the State of Washington.
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Repealed. June 25, 1948, ch. 646, Sec. 39, 62 Stat. 992, eff. Sept. 1, 1948