{"data":{"id":"us/25-cfr-169.10","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"25 CFR 169.10","heading":"What is the effect of a right-of-way on a tribe's jurisdiction over the underlying parcel?","body":"A right-of-way is a non-possessory interest in land, and title does not pass to the grantee. The Secretary's grant of a right-of-way will clarify that it does not diminish to any extent:\n(a) The Indian tribe's jurisdiction over the land subject to, and any person or activity within, the right-of-way;\n(b) The power of the Indian tribe to tax the land, any improvements on the land, or any person or activity within, the right-of-way;\n(c) The Indian tribe's authority to enforce tribal law of general or particular application on the land subject to and within the right-of-way, as if there were no grant of right-of-way;\n(d) The Indian tribe's inherent sovereign power to exercise civil jurisdiction over non-members on Indian land; or\n(e) The character of the land subject to the right-of-way as Indian country under 18 U.S.C. 1151.","path":["Title 25—Indians","CHAPTER I—BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR","SUBCHAPTER H—LAND AND WATER","PART 169—RIGHTS-OF-WAY OVER INDIAN LAND","Subpart A—Purpose, Definitions, General Provisions"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-25.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:24:59Z","sha256":"fda35ee66d3182b4072e46857422a6ccbe337fd6c74543aa3e6e23a9860ea554","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/25-cfr-169.9","next":"us/25-cfr-169.11"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}