---
kind: "unit"
title: "48"
title_heading: "Territories and Insular Possessions"
key: "ch17/schII"
level: "subchapter"
label: "Subchapter II"
heading: "Judicial Matters"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/48/ch17-schII"
sections_count: 6
---

# Subchapter II — Judicial Matters

Title 48 — Territories and Insular Possessions › Chapter 17 — Northern Mariana Islands

## Sections

- [§1821. District Court for the Northern Mariana Islands](/usc/48/1821.md)
- [§1822. Jurisdiction of District Court; original jurisdiction; procedural requirements](/usc/48/1822.md)
- [§1823. Appellate jurisdiction of District Court; procedure; review by United States Court of Appeals for Ninth Circuit; rules](/usc/48/1823.md)
- [§1824. Relations between courts of United States and courts of Northern Mariana Islands; applicability of statutory provisions](/usc/48/1824.md)
- [§1825. Effective date](/usc/48/1825.md)
- [§1826. Authorization of appropriations](/usc/48/1826.md)