North Carolina § 70-1 Private landowners urged to refrain from destruction

North Carolina Statutes

§ 70-1 — Private landowners urged to refrain from destruction

North Carolina § 70-1

Ch. 70Indian Antiquities, Archaeological Resources and Unmarked Human Skeletal Remains Protection

Art. 1Indian Antiquities

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N.C. Gen. Stat. § 70-1 (2026).

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Private owners of lands containing Indian relics, artifacts, mounds or burial grounds are urged to refrain from the excavation or destruction thereof and to forbid such conduct by others, without the cooperation of the director of the State Museum and the Secretary of Natural and Cultural Resources or without the assistance or supervision of some person designated by either as qualified to make scientific archaeological explorations. (1935, c. 198, s. 1; 1973, c. 476, s. 48; 2015-241, s. 14.30(x).)

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Private owners of lands containing Indian relics, artifacts, mounds or burial grounds are urged to refrain from the excavation or destruction thereof and to forbid such conduct by others, without the cooperation of the director of the State Museum and the Secretary of Natural and Cultural Resources or without the assistance or supervision of some person designated by either as qualified to make scientific archaeological explorations. (1935, c. 198, s. 1; 1973, c. 476, s. 48; 2015-241, s. 14.30(x).)