---
kind: "section"
citation: "16 U.S.C. § 409f"
title: "16"
title_heading: "Conservation"
number: "409f"
heading: "Jurisdiction of New Jersey in civil, criminal and legislative matters retained; citizenship unaffected"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/16/409f"
units:
  - "Chapter 1 — National Parks, Military Parks, Monuments, and Seashores"
  - "Subchapter LIII — Morristown National Historical Park"
---

# §409f. Jurisdiction of New Jersey in civil, criminal and legislative matters retained; citizenship unaffected


Nothing in this subchapter shall be held to deprive the [State](/usc/16/590q.md?p=a) of New Jersey, or any political [subdivision](/usc/16/539m–1.md?p=15) thereof, of its civil and criminal jurisdiction in and over the [areas](/usc/16/539m–1.md?p=1-A) included in said national historical [park](/usc/16/410r–5.md?p=c-3), nor shall this subchapter in any way impair or affect the rights of citizenship of any resident therein; and save and except as the consent of the [State](/usc/16/590q.md?p=a) of New Jersey may be hereafter given, the legislative authority of said [State](/usc/16/590q.md?p=a) in and over all [areas](/usc/16/539m–1.md?p=1-A) included within such national historical [park](/usc/16/410r–5.md?p=c-3) shall not be diminished or affected by the creation of said [park](/usc/16/410r–5.md?p=c-3), nor by any terms and provisions of this subchapter.


## Source credit

(Mar. 2, 1933, ch. 182, § 7, 47 Stat. 1422.)