Mississippi Code
Chapter 7 - Antiquities
§ 39-7-39. Other agencies and governments to assist in enforcement of chapter

The chief administrative officers of all state agencies and of all state and local governments are authorized and directed to cooperate with and assist the board and the attorney general in carrying out the intent of this chapter. All law enforcement agencies and officers, state and local, are authorized and directed to assist in enforcing and in carrying out the intent of this chapter.

Structure Mississippi Code

Mississippi Code

Title 39 - Libraries, Arts, Archives and History

Chapter 7 - Antiquities

§ 39-7-1. Short title

§ 39-7-3. Declaration of public policy

§ 39-7-4. Definitions

§ 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

§ 39-7-13. Designation of sites located upon private lands as Mississippi landmarks; recordation; marking

§ 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

§ 39-7-21. Supervision of salvage or recovery operations; custody of antiquities; promulgation of rules and regulations

§ 39-7-23. Expenditures for acquisition of items; gifts and bequests; contracts for temporary possession of items by others

§ 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