Code of Alabama
Chapter 3 - Aboriginal Mounds, Earthworks and Other Antiquities.
Section 41-3-5 - Disposition of Objects Taken From Remains.

No objects taken from such remains shall be sold or disposed of out of the state, but when removed therefrom the objects so gathered shall be retained in state custody and either placed in the collection of the Department of Archives and History or in the museums or in the libraries of the educational or other institutions of the state or they may be exchanged for similar or other objects from other states, museums, libraries or individuals.

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Code of Alabama

Title 41 - State Government.

Chapter 3 - Aboriginal Mounds, Earthworks and Other Antiquities.

Section 41-3-1 - Reservation of Exclusive Right and Privilege of State to Explore, Excavate or Survey Aboriginal Mounds, Earthworks, Burial Sites, etc.; State Ownership of Objects Found or Located Therein Declared.

Section 41-3-2 - Nonresidents Not to Explore or Excavate Remains or Carry Away, etc., From State Objects Discovered Therein, Etc.

Section 41-3-3 - Explorations or Excavations of Remains Not to Be Done Without Consent of Owner of Land and Not to Injure Crops, Houses, etc., Thereon.

Section 41-3-4 - Explorations or Excavations Not to Destroy, Deface, etc., Remains; Restoration of Remains After Explorations or Excavations.

Section 41-3-5 - Disposition of Objects Taken From Remains.

Section 41-3-6 - Exploration or Excavation of Aboriginal Mounds, Earthworks, etc., Contrary to Law.