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Mo. Rev. Stat. § 12.020 (2026)

Jurisdiction given with reservations

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  12.020.  Jurisdiction given with reservations. — The jurisdiction of the state of Missouri in and over all land acquired as provided in section 12.010 is granted and ceded to the United States so long as the United States owns the land; except that there is reserved to the state of Missouri, unimpaired, full authority to serve and execute all process, civil and criminal, issued under the authority of the state within the lands or the buildings.

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(RSMo 1939 § 12693, A.L. 1957 p. 726)

Prior revisions: 1929 § 11073; 1919 § 6923; 1909 § 7927

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 8 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1957–2021 · leading case: State Ex Rel. Laughlin v. Bowersox, 318 S.W.3d 695 (Mo. 2010).
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State Ex Rel. Laughlin v. Bowersox, 318 S.W.3d 695 (Mo. 2010). · cites it 7× “Section 12.020, RSMo 2000, 3 granted and ceded jurisdiction over that land to the United States, reserving to the state the right to serve process but not to prosecute crimes committed on the property.”
United States v. Gabrion, 517 F.3d 839 (6th Cir. 2008). “In Hankins , the petitioner cited the state cession statute, Mo.Rev.Stat. § 12.020 (ceding all jurisdiction but service of process), and argued "that the state court lacked jurisdiction because the United States had exclusive jurisdiction.”
Hankins v. State, 766 S.W.2d 467 (Mo. Ct. App. 1989). · cites it 3× “010 is granted and ceded to the United States so long as the United States owns the land; except that there is reserved to the state of Missouri, unimpaired, full authority to serve and execute all process, civil and criminal, issued under the authority of the state within the…”
United States v. Earl Love, 20 F.4th 407 (8th Cir. 2021). “010, RSMo 2016); and § 11073, RSMo 1929 (now § 12.020, RSMo 2016). He disputes federal acceptance.”
State Ex Rel. Jones v. Atterbury, 300 S.W.2d 806 (Mo. 1957). “The expressed purpose of the appropriation is “to pay the contingent expenses and to pay the salaries of elective and appointive officers and other employees of the General Assembly for the period beginning July 1, 1955 and ending June 30, 1957.”
United States v. Heard, 270 F. Supp. 198 (W.D. Mo. 1967). · cites it 2× “As support for this contention defendant’s counsel notes that in 1957, while the United States was maintaining a hospital on the land the State of Missouri amended Section 12.020 by enacting 12.040 V.A.M.S.”
Kansas City v. Garner, 430 S.W.2d 630 (Mo. Ct. App. 1968). · cites it 2× “Section 12.020, V.A.M.S. However, jurisdiction over such lands does not vest in the United States of America until it accepts such jurisdiction.”
United States v. Gabrion (6th Cir. 2008). “In Hankins, the petitioner cited the state cession statute, Mo. Rev. Stat. § 12.020 (ceding all jurisdiction but service of process), and argued “that the state court lacked jurisdiction because the United States had exclusive jurisdiction.”
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