North Dakota Code § 54-01-15

Acquisition of national forest lands by United States - Jurisdiction of state
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over such lands.
The United States may, with the specific consent of the legislative assembly as to each tract 
acquired, acquire, by purchase, gift, or condemnation with adequate compensation, such lands 
in North Dakota as in the opinion of the federal government may be needed for the 
establishment of national forests. The state shall retain a concurrent jurisdiction with the United 
States in and over lands so acquired to the extent that civil process in all cases, and such 
criminal process as may issue under the authority of the state against any person charged with 
the commission of any crime without or within said jurisdiction, may be executed thereon in like 
manner as if this section had not been enacted. The legislative consent required by this section 
must be in the form of a duly enacted bill.

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