North Carolina § 70-15 Prohibited acts and criminal penalties

North Carolina Statutes

§ 70-15 — Prohibited acts and criminal penalties

North Carolina § 70-15

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

Art. 2Archaeological Resources Protection Act

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N.C. Gen. Stat. § 70-15 (2026).

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(a)No person may excavate, remove, damage or otherwise alter or deface any archaeological resource located on State lands unless he is acting pursuant to a permit issued under G.S. 70-13.

(b)No person may sell, purchase, exchange, transport, receive, or offer to sell, purchase, exchange, transport or receive any archaeological resource excavated or removed from State lands in violation of the prohibition contained in G.S. 70-15(a).

(c)Any person who knowingly and willfully violates or employs any other person to violate any prohibition contained in G.S. 70-15(a) or G.S. 70-15(b) shall upon conviction, be fined not more than two thousand dollars ($2,000) or imprisoned not more than six months, or both, in the discretion of the court.

(d)Each day on which a violation occurs shall be a se

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(a) No person may excavate, remove, damage or otherwise alter or deface any archaeological resource located on State lands unless he is acting pursuant to a permit issued under G.S. 70-13.
(b) No person may sell, purchase, exchange, transport, receive, or offer to sell, purchase, exchange, transport or receive any archaeological resource excavated or removed from State lands in violation of the prohibition contained in G.S. 70-15(a).
(c) Any person who knowingly and willfully violates or employs any other person to violate any prohibition contained in G.S. 70-15(a) or G.S. 70-15(b) shall upon conviction, be fined not more than two thousand dollars ($2,000) or imprisoned not more than six months, or both, in the discretion of the court.
(d) Each day on which a violation occurs shall be a separate and distinct offense. (1981, c. 904, s. 2.)