No person, not being the owner thereof, and without the written consent of the owner, proprietor, lessee, or person in charge thereof, shall enter or attempt to enter upon the lands of another and intentionally injure, disfigure, remove, excavate, damage, take, dig into, or destroy any historical structure, monument, marker, medallion, or artifact, or any prehistoric or historic archaeological site, American Indian or aboriginal remains located in, on or under any private lands within the State of Mississippi. No person without a permit from the board, and without written permission of the landowner, shall intentionally injure, disfigure, remove, excavate, damage, take, dig into, or destroy any prehistoric or historic American Indian or aboriginal burial.
Structure Mississippi Code
Title 39 - Libraries, Arts, Archives and History
§ 39-7-3. Declaration of public policy
§ 39-7-5. Administration of chapter; inspection of record of proceedings
§ 39-7-7. General duties of board of trustees of department of archives and history
§ 39-7-9. Shipwrecks and buried treasure designated Mississippi landmarks and sole property of state
§ 39-7-15. Removal from designation
§ 39-7-17. Contracts for salvage; surveys; excavation
§ 39-7-19. Permits for excavation, salvage, studies, etc., at Mississippi landmarks
§ 39-7-25. Restoration of antiquities for private parties
§ 39-7-27. Reproduction, forging, etc., of antiquity with intent to deceive
§ 39-7-29. Defacing of American Indian or aboriginal markings or carvings
§ 39-7-31. Entry upon land of another to deface, remove or destroy archeological relics or sites
§ 39-7-33. Disfigurement, removal, destruction, etc., of historical structure or artifact
§ 39-7-37. Civil action to enjoin violations or threatened violations of chapter; venue
§ 39-7-39. Other agencies and governments to assist in enforcement of chapter
§ 39-7-41. Certain archaeological records exempt from requirement of public access