25 U.S.C. § 231

Enforcement of State laws affecting health and education; entry of State employees on Indian lands

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The Secretary of the Interior, under such rules and regulations as he may prescribe, shall permit the agents and employees of any State to enter upon Indian tribal lands, reservations, or allotments therein (1) for the purpose of making inspection of health and educational conditions and enforcing sanitation and quarantine regulations or (2) to enforce the penalties of State compulsory school attendance laws against Indian children, and parents, or other persons in loco parentis except that this subparagraph (2) shall not apply to Indians of any tribe in which a duly constituted governing body exists until such body has adopted a resolution consenting to such application.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 26 cases, 1876–1995 · leading case: Thomsen v. King Cnty., 694 P.2d 40 (Wash. Ct. App. 1985).
Thomsen v. King Cnty., 694 P.2d 40 (Wash. Ct. App. 1985). · cites it 10× “Here the respondent contends that state public health regulatory jurisdiction in this case is authorized by 25 U.S.C. § 231 or Act of Aug. 15, 1953, Pub.”
Organized Vill. of Kake v. Egan, 369 U.S. 60 (1962). · cites it 2× “1185 , as amended, 25 U. S. C. § 231 . See Meriam, Problem of Indian Administration (1928); H.”
Snohomish Cnty. v. Seattle Disposal Co., 425 P.2d 22 (Wash. 1967). · cites it 4× “1185 , 25 U.S.C. § 231 . In the matter of the regulation of the use of restricted Indian lands, however, the United States has conferred on the Indians a degree of immunity from regulation by state and local government, and only the United States can remove this immunity.”
McClanahan v. Arizona State Tax Comm'n, 411 U.S. 164 (1973). “§ 1161 (state liquor laws may be applicable within reservations) ; 25 U. S. C. § 231 (state health and education laws may be applicable within reservations).”
Confederated Bands & Tribes of the Yakima Indian Nation v. State of Washington, 550 F.2d 443 (9th Cir. 1977). · cites it 2× “25 U.S.C. § 231 allows the Secretary of the Interior to promulgate regulations permitting *447 state authorities to enter Indian tribal lands, reservations and allotments for the purpose of making inspection of health and educational conditions and enforcing sanitary and…”
Geraud v. Schrader, 531 P.2d 872 (Wyo. 1975). · cites it 2× “By 25 U.S.C. § 231 , the United States authorized states to exercise school jurisdiction on Indian reservations, but it “shall not apply to Indians of any tribe in which a duly constituted governing body exists until such body has adopted a resolution consenting to such…”
Meyers Ex Rel. Meyers v. Bd. of Educ., 905 F. Supp. 1544 (D. Utah 1995). · cites it 2× “While these limitations on the District’s powers may affect the scope of the District’s duty and may require the cooperation of the Navajo Nation and the United States in providing educational services to Navajo children living on the reservation, they do not excuse altogether…”
Warren Trading Post Co. v. Arizona Tax Comm'n, 380 U.S. 685 (1965). “) (respectively granting certain States criminal and civil jurisdiction over offenses and causes of action involving Indians within specified Indian reservations).”
Snohomish Cnty. v. Seattle Disposal Co., 389 U.S. 1016 (1968). · cites it 3× “The dissent thought that the term “encumbrance” in § 1360 should be construed in conjunction with 25 U. S. C. § 231 , which provides, inter alia, that the Secretary of the Interior permit state agents to enter on Indian lands to enforce sanitation and quarantine regulations.”
State Sec., Inc. v. Anderson, 506 P.2d 786 (N.M. 1973). · cites it 2× “2d 691 (1972); enforcement *789 by the state of sanitation and quarantine laws on a reservation, inspections for health and educational purposes, and enforcement of compulsory school attendance — all if the tribal governing body consents, 25 U.S.C.A. § 231 . Indians may vote in…”
Montoya v. Bolack, 372 P.2d 387 (N.M. 1962). · cites it 2× “1185 , as amended 25 U.S.C.A. § 231 ). See, U.S. Department of Interior, Federal Indian Law (1958), at 126-127.”
State Ex Rel. May v. Seneca-Cayuga Tribe of Oklahoma, 711 P.2d 77 (Okla. 1986). “Health and education: 25 U.S.C. § 231 ; 20 U.S.C. §§ 631 through 647 [1982].”
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