Sole and exclusive jurisdiction is assumed by the United States over the territory embraced within the Glacier National Park, saving, however, to the State of Montana 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 Montana.
Notes of Decisions
Ambler v. Flathead Conservation Dist. (D. Mont. 2025).
· cites it 5× “16 U.S.C. § 163 . Looking to the terms of the cession and acceptance, the Amblers assert that Montana ceded exclusive legislative jurisdiction over Glacier National Park to the federal government, subject only to the reservation of concurrent state jurisdiction for service of…”
Ambler v. Friends of Montana Streams & Rivers (9th Cir. 2026).
“699 (codified at 16 U.S.C. § 163 ). Accordingly, “federal authority became the only authority operating within the ceded area,” including “privately owned lands within the described park boundaries.”
MaComber v. Bose, 266 F. Supp. 665 (D. Mont. 1967).
““Sole and exclusive jurisdiction is assumed by the United States over the territory embraced within the Glacier National Park * * 16 U.S.C. § 163 .”
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