---
kind: "section"
citation: "18 U.S.C. § 1161"
title: "18"
title_heading: "Crimes and Criminal Procedure"
number: "1161"
heading: "Application of Indian liquor laws"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/18/1161"
units:
  - "Part I — Crimes"
  - "Chapter 53 — Indians"
---

# §1161. Application of Indian liquor laws


The provisions of sections [1154](/usc/18/1154.md), [1156](/usc/18/1156.md), [3113](/usc/18/3113.md), [3488](/usc/18/3488.md), and [3669](/usc/18/3669.md), of this title, shall not apply within any area that is not [Indian country](/usc/18/2266.md?p=4), nor to any act or transaction within any area of [Indian country](/usc/18/2266.md?p=4) provided such act or transaction is in conformity both with the laws of the [State](/usc/18/31.md?p=a-9) in which such act or transaction occurs and with an ordinance duly adopted by the tribe having jurisdiction over such area of [Indian country](/usc/18/2266.md?p=4), certified by the Secretary of the Interior, and published in the Federal Register.


## Source credit

(Added Aug. 15, 1953, ch. 502, § 2, 67 Stat. 586; amended Pub. L. 98–473, title II, § 223(b), Oct. 12, 1984, 98 Stat. 2028.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Amendments

1984—Pub. L. 98–473 substituted “3669” for “3618”.

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of 1984 Amendment

Amendment by Pub. L. 98–473 effective Nov. 1, 1987, and applicable only to offenses committed after the taking effect of such amendment, see section 235(a)(1) of Pub. L. 98–473, set out as an Effective Date note under section 3551 of this title.