California § 853.4 - As used in this compact, unless the context otherwise requires,

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§ 853.4. As used in this compact, unless the context otherwise requires,

(a) As used in this compact, unless the context otherwise requires, “party state” means a state that has enacted this compact. (b) If conduct is prohibited by the party states, courts and law enforcement officers in either state who have jurisdiction over criminal offenses committed in a county where Lake Tahoe or Topaz Lake forms a common interstate boundary have concurrent jurisdiction to arrest, prosecute, and try offenders for the prohibited conduct committed anywhere on the body of water forming a boundary between the two states. (c) This section applies only to those crimes that are established in common between the States of Nevada and California, and an acquittal or conviction and sentence by one state shall bar a prosecution for the same act or omission by the other. (d) This compact does not authorize any conduct prohibited by a party state. (e) This compact shall become operative when ratified by law by the party states and shall remain in full force and effect so long as the provisions of this compact, as ratified by the State of Nevada, remain substantively the same as the provisions of this compact, as ratified by this section. This compact may be amended in the same manner as is required for it to become operative.

Source: official California text · Last verified 2026-08-27

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What does Public Contract Code - PCC § 853.4 cover?

Section 853.4 ("As used in this compact, unless the context otherwise requires,") is part of the Public Contract Code - PCC, the codified statutory law of California. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.

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