Mississippi Code
Title 39 - Libraries, Arts, Archives and History
Chapter 7 - Antiquities

§ 39-7-1. Short title - This chapter shall be known, and may be cited, as...

§ 39-7-3. Declaration of public policy - It is hereby declared to be the public policy and...

§ 39-7-4. Definitions - For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions shall...

§ 39-7-5. Administration of chapter; inspection of record of proceedings - The authority to administer the provisions of this chapter is...

§ 39-7-7. General duties of board of trustees of department of archives and history - The duties of the board shall be to determine the...

§ 39-7-9. Shipwrecks and buried treasure designated Mississippi landmarks and sole property of state - All sunken or abandoned ships and wrecks of the sea,...

§ 39-7-13. Designation of sites located upon private lands as Mississippi landmarks; recordation; marking - Any site located upon private lands which is determined by...

§ 39-7-15. Removal from designation - Upon majority vote of the board any Mississippi landmark on...

§ 39-7-17. Contracts for salvage; surveys; excavation - The board shall be authorized to enter into contracts with...

§ 39-7-19. Permits for excavation, salvage, studies, etc., at Mississippi landmarks - The board shall be authorized to issue permits to other...

§ 39-7-21. Supervision of salvage or recovery operations; custody of antiquities; promulgation of rules and regulations - All salvage or recovery operations described under Section 39-7-17, and...

§ 39-7-23. Expenditures for acquisition of items; gifts and bequests; contracts for temporary possession of items by others - The board is hereby authorized to expend such sums, from...

§ 39-7-25. Restoration of antiquities for private parties - The restoration of antiquities for private parties is authorized and...

§ 39-7-27. Reproduction, forging, etc., of antiquity with intent to deceive - No person shall intentionally reproduce, replicate, retouch, rework, or forge...

§ 39-7-29. Defacing of American Indian or aboriginal markings or carvings - No person shall intentionally and knowingly deface any American Indian...

§ 39-7-31. Entry upon land of another to deface, remove or destroy archeological relics or sites - No person, not being the owner thereof, and without the...

§ 39-7-33. Disfigurement, removal, destruction, etc., of historical structure or artifact - It shall be unlawful for any person, not being the...

§ 39-7-37. Civil action to enjoin violations or threatened violations of chapter; venue - In addition to, and without limiting the other powers of...

§ 39-7-39. Other agencies and governments to assist in enforcement of chapter - The chief administrative officers of all state agencies and of...

§ 39-7-41. Certain archaeological records exempt from requirement of public access - Records in the possession of the Mississippi Department of Archives...