# Tenn. Code Ann. § 4-1-107: Jurisdiction reserved by state when cessions made to United States

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## Section

- **Citation:** Tenn. Code Ann. § 4-1-107
- **Heading:** Jurisdiction reserved by state when cessions made to United States
- **Jurisdiction:** Tennessee
- **Kind:** Statutes
- **Status:** Repealed
- **Text as of:** August 14, 2026
- **Source:** Compiled text
- **Location:** TN Code / Title 4 / Chapter 1 / Section 4-1-107

## Text

Notwithstanding any other law, there are reserved over any lands as to which any legislative jurisdiction may be ceded to the United States pursuant to §§ 4-1-106 - 4-1-109, the state's entire legislative jurisdiction with respect to taxation and that of each state agency, county, city, political subdivision and public district of the state; the state's entire legislative jurisdiction with respect to marriage, divorce, annulment, adoption, commitment of the mentally incompetent, and descent and distribution of property; concurrent power to enforce the criminal law; and the power to execute any process, civil or criminal, issued under the authority of the state; nor shall any persons residing on such lands be deprived of any civil or political rights, including the right of suffrage, by reason of the cession of such jurisdiction to the United States. Acts 1975, ch. 267, § 2; T.C.A., § 4-123.
Notwithstanding any other law, there are reserved over any lands as to which any legislative jurisdiction may be ceded to the United States pursuant to §§ 4-1-106 - 4-1-109, the state's entire legislative jurisdiction with respect to taxation and that of each state agency, county, city, political subdivision and public district of the state; the state's entire legislative jurisdiction with respect to marriage, divorce, annulment, adoption, commitment of the mentally incompetent, and descent and distribution of property; concurrent power to enforce the criminal law; and the power to execute any process, civil or criminal, issued under the authority of the state; nor shall any persons residing on such lands be deprived of any civil or political rights, including the right of suffrage, by reason of the cession of such jurisdiction to the United States.
Acts 1975, ch. 267, § 2; T.C.A., § 4-123.

## Nearby sections

- [Tenn. Code Ann. § 4-1-101 Sovereignty coextensive with boundary](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TN_T4_C1_S4-1-101.md)
- [Tenn. Code Ann. § 4-1-102 Protection of territory](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TN_T4_C1_S4-1-102.md)
- [Tenn. Code Ann. § 4-1-103 Concurrent jurisdiction of boundary waters](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TN_T4_C1_S4-1-103.md)
- [Tenn. Code Ann. § 4-1-104 Mississippi River - Criminal jurisdiction](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TN_T4_C1_S4-1-104.md)
- [Tenn. Code Ann. § 4-1-105 Retrocession of federal jurisdiction](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TN_T4_C1_S4-1-105.md)
- [Tenn. Code Ann. § 4-1-106 Federal application for cession of state jurisdiction](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TN_T4_C1_S4-1-106.md)
- [Tenn. Code Ann. § 4-1-107 Jurisdiction reserved by state when cessions made to United States](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TN_T4_C1_S4-1-107.md)
- [Tenn. Code Ann. § 4-1-108 Relinquishment of ceded legislative jurisdiction by United States](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TN_T4_C1_S4-1-108.md)
- [Tenn. Code Ann. § 4-1-109 Cession or acceptance - Authority of local government](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TN_T4_C1_S4-1-109.md)
- [Tenn. Code Ann. § 4-1-201 Grand divisions](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TN_T4_C1_S4-1-201.md)
- [Tenn. Code Ann. § 4-1-202 Eastern grand division](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TN_T4_C1_S4-1-202.md)
- [Tenn. Code Ann. § 4-1-203 Middle grand division](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TN_T4_C1_S4-1-203.md)
- [Tenn. Code Ann. § 4-1-204 Western grand division](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TN_T4_C1_S4-1-204.md)
- [Tenn. Code Ann. § 4-1-205 State capital](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TN_T4_C1_S4-1-205.md)

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