---
kind: "section"
citation: "25 C.F.R. § 273.172"
title: "25"
number: "273.172"
heading: "May State employees enter Tribal lands, reservations, or allotments?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/25/273.172"
---

# §273.172. May State employees enter Tribal lands, reservations, or allotments?


In those States where Public Law 83-280 (18 U.S.C. [1162](/usc/18/1162.md) and [28](/usc/18/28.md) U.S.C. 1360) do not confer civil jurisdiction, State employees may be permitted to enter upon Indian Tribal lands, reservations, or allotments in an official capacity in connection with a contract under this part if the duly constituted governing body of the Tribe adopts a resolution of consent for the following purposes:

- (a) Inspecting school conditions in the public schools located on Indian Tribal lands, reservations, or allotments; or
- (b) Enforcing State compulsory school attendance laws against Indian children, parents or persons standing in loco parentis.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: Secs. 201-203, Pub. L. 93-638, 88 Stat. 2203, 2213-2214 (25 U.S.C. 455-457), unless otherwise noted.

### Source

Source: 85 FR 10948, Feb. 25, 2020, unless otherwise noted.