---
kind: "section"
citation: "32 C.F.R. § 935.65"
title: "32"
number: "935.65"
heading: "Jurisdiction."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/32/935.65"
---

# §935.65. Jurisdiction.

- (a) The Wake Island Court has jurisdiction over all offenses under this part and all actions of a civil nature, cognizable at law or in equity, where the amount in issue is not more than $1,000, exclusive of interests and costs, but not including changes of name or domestic relations matters.
- (b) **The United States is not subject to suit in the Court.**
- (c) The United States may intervene in any matter in which the Island Attorney determines it has an interest.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: Sec. 48, Pub. L. 86-624, 74 Stat. 424; E.O. 11048, Sept. 1, 1962, 27 FR 8851, 3 CFR, 1959-1963 Comp., p. 632; agreement between the Department of Interior and Department of the Air Force, dated 19 June 1972, 37 FR 12255; and Secretary of the Air Force Order 111.1, dated 26 April 1999.

### Source

Source: 67 FR 16999, Apr. 9, 2002, unless otherwise noted.