42 U.S.C. § 1592f
Preservation of local civil and criminal jurisdiction, and civil rights; jurisdiction of State courts
United States · Title 42 — THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE · Status: effective
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- 42 U.S.C. § 1592f, Preservation of local civil and criminal jurisdiction, and civil rights; jurisdiction of State courts, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/477746
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Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, the acquisition by the United States of any real property pursuant to this subchapter or subchapter X of this chapter shall not deprive any State or political subdivision thereof of its civil or criminal jurisdiction in and over such property, or impair the civil or other rights under the State or local law of the inhabitants of such property. Any proceedings by the United States for the recovery of possession of any property or project acquired, developed, or constructed under this subchapter or subchapter X of this chapter may be brought in the courts of the States having jurisdiction of such causes.
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