1.17 Cession or retrocession of federal jurisdiction.
By appropriate executive order, the governor may accept on behalf of the state full or partial cession or retrocession of federal jurisdiction, criminal or civil, over any lands, except Indian lands, in federal enclaves within the state where such cession or retrocession has been offered by appropriate federal authority. An executive order accepting a cession or retrocession of jurisdiction shall be filed in the office of the secretary of state and in the office of the recorder of the county in which the affected real estate is located.
90 Acts, ch 1146, §1
Structure Iowa Code
Title I - STATE SOVEREIGNTY AND MANAGEMENT
Chapter 1 - SOVEREIGNTY AND JURISDICTION OF THE STATE
Section 1.1 - State boundaries.
Section 1.3 - Concurrent jurisdiction.
Section 1.4 - Acquisition of lands by United States.
Section 1.5 - Federal wildlife and fish refuge.
Section 1.6 - Approval required.
Section 1.7 - Legislative grant.
Section 1.8 - Applicability of statute.
Section 1.9 - National forests.
Section 1.11 - Keokuk cemetery and Knoxville hospital — assumption of jurisdiction.
Section 1.12 - Jurisdiction of Indian settlement.
Section 1.13 - Existing trusts not affected.
Section 1.14 - Tribal ordinances or customs enforced.
Section 1.15 - Attorney appointed by state in civil actions.
Section 1.15A - Criminal jurisdiction — Sac and Fox Indian settlement.
Section 1.16 - Concurrent jurisdiction over lands and waters dedicated to national park purposes.
Section 1.17 - Cession or retrocession of federal jurisdiction.