---
kind: "section"
citation: "18 U.S.C. § 3243"
title: "18"
title_heading: "Crimes and Criminal Procedure"
number: "3243"
heading: "Jurisdiction of State of Kansas over offenses committed by or against Indians on Indian reservations"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/18/3243"
units:
  - "Part II — Criminal Procedure"
  - "Chapter 211 — Jurisdiction and Venue"
---

# §3243. Jurisdiction of State of Kansas over offenses committed by or against Indians on Indian reservations


Jurisdiction is conferred on the [State](/usc/18/3077.md?p=5) of Kansas over [offenses](/usc/18/3156.md?p=a-2) committed by or against Indians on Indian reservations, including trust or restricted allotments, within the [State](/usc/18/3077.md?p=5) of Kansas, to the same extent as its courts have jurisdiction over [offenses](/usc/18/3156.md?p=a-2) committed elsewhere within the [State](/usc/18/3077.md?p=5) in accordance with the laws of the [State](/usc/18/3077.md?p=5).

This section shall not deprive the courts of the United States of jurisdiction over [offenses](/usc/18/3156.md?p=a-2) defined by the laws of the United States committed by or against Indians on Indian reservations.


## Source credit

(June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 827.)

## Notes

### Historical and Revision Notes

Based on section 217a of title 25, U.S.C., 1940 ed., Indians (June 8, 1940, ch. 276, 54 Stat. 249).

The attention of Congress is directed to consideration of the question whether this section should be broadened and made applicable to all states rather than only to Kansas. Such change was not regarded as within the scope of this revision.

Changes were made in phraseology.