16 USC § 715g - Jurisdiction of State over areas acquired

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identifier: "/us/usc/t16/s715g"
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legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "16 USC § 715g - Jurisdiction of State over areas acquired"
title_number: 16
title_name: "CONSERVATION"
section_number: "715g"
section_name: "Jurisdiction of State over areas acquired"
chapter_number: 7
chapter_name: "PROTECTION OF MIGRATORY GAME AND INSECTIVOROUS BIRDS"
subchapter_number: "III"
subchapter_name: "MIGRATORY BIRD CONSERVATION"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Feb. 18, 1929, ch. 257, § 8, 45 Stat. 1224.)"
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# § 715g. Jurisdiction of State over areas acquired

The jurisdiction of the State, both civil and criminal, over persons upon areas acquired under this subchapter shall not be affected or changed by reason of their acquisition and administration by the United States as migratory-bird reservations, except so far as the punishment of offenses against the United States is concerned.

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**Source Credit**: (Feb. 18, 1929, ch. 257, § 8, 45 Stat. 1224.)