2025 Delaware Code
Title 7 - Conservation
Chapter 53. ARCHAEOLOGICAL RESOURCES IN THE STATE
Subchapter II. Archaeological Resources in or on State Lands
§ 5311. Repository of artifacts or material remains.

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7 DE Code § 5311 (2025)
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§ 5311. Repository of artifacts or material remains.

All artifacts or material remains found in or on state lands, including subaqueous lands, and related records resulting from research, surveys and excavation conducted under a permit must be deposited for permanent preservation in either the University of Delaware Department of Anthropology or the Division of Historical and Cultural Affairs, or in a qualified repository approved by the Director, except as may be provided for under a shipwreck management program established pursuant to § 5316 of this title.

39 Del. Laws, c. 11, § 3;  43 Del. Laws, c. 194, § 1;  48 Del. Laws, c. 219, § 2;  7 Del. C. 1953, § 5304;  64 Del. Laws, c. 138, §§ 8-11;  75 Del. Laws, c. 153, § 2; 
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