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Wash. Rev. Code § 37.12.030 (2026)

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Upon March 13, 1963 the state of Washington shall assume jurisdiction over offenses as set forth in RCW 37.12.010 committed by or against Indians in the lands prescribed in RCW 37.12.010 to the same extent that this state has jurisdiction over offenses committed elsewhere within this state, and such criminal laws of this state shall have the same force and effect within such lands as they have elsewhere within this state.
[ 1963 c 36 s 2; 1957 c 240 s 3.]
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 6 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1963–2025 · leading case: Yakama Nation v. Yakima Cnty., 963 F.3d 982 (9th Cir. 2020).
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Yakama Nation v. Yakima Cnty., 963 F.3d 982 (9th Cir. 2020). “Wash. Rev. Code § 37.12.030 . Five years later, Congress authorized any state to voluntarily give up “all or any measure of the criminal or civil jurisdiction, or both,” that it had acquired pursuant to Public Law 280—a process called “retrocession.”
State v. Abrahamson, 238 P.3d 533 (Wash. Ct. App. 2010). · cites it 3× “010 committed by or against Indians in the lands prescribed in RCW 37.12.010 to the same extent that this state has jurisdiction over offenses committed elsewhere within this state, and such criminal laws of this state shall have the same force and effect within such lands as…”
Tonasket v. State, 525 P.2d 744 (Wash. 1974). · cites it 2× “RCW 37.12.030. Upon March 13, 1963 the state of Washington shall assume jurisdiction over civil causes of action as set forth in RCW 37.”
State v. Abrahamson, 157 Wash. App. 672 (Wash. Ct. App. 2010). · cites it 3× “010 committed by or against Indians in the lands prescribed in RCW 37.12.010 to the same extent that this state has jurisdiction over offenses committed elsewhere within this state, and such criminal laws of this state shall have the same force and effect within such lands as…”
State v. Bertrand, 378 P.2d 427 (Wash. 1963). · cites it 2× “ressing its desire that its people and lands be subject to the criminal and civil jurisdiction of the state of Washington to the extent authorized by federal law, he shall issue within sixty days a proclamation to the effect that such jurisdiction shall apply to all Indians and…”
State of Washington v. Jose Agustin Sanchez (Wash. Ct. App. 2025). “Under RCW 37.12.030, the state of Washington has assumed jurisdiction over all criminal 21 No.”
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