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Mississippi Code 1972 (2024)
Title 39 - LIBRARIES, ARTS, ARCHIVES AND HISTORY (§§ 39-1-1 — 39-43-1)
Chapter 7 - ANTIQUITIES (§§ 39-7-1 — 39-7-41)
- Section 39-7-1 - Short title
- Section 39-7-3 - Declaration of public policy
- Section 39-7-4 - Definitions
- Section 39-7-5 - Administration of chapter; inspection of record of proceedings
- Section 39-7-7 - General duties of board of trustees of department of archives and history
- Section 39-7-9 - Shipwrecks and buried treasure designated Mississippi landmarks and sole property of state
- Section 39-7-11 - Designation of sites, objects, etc., upon lands belonging to state or political subdivision as Mississippi landmarks; recording; alteration, excavation, etc., of sites
- Section 39-7-13 - Designation of sites located upon private lands as Mississippi landmarks; recordation; marking
- Section 39-7-15 - Removal from designation
- Section 39-7-17 - Contracts for salvage; surveys; excavation
- Section 39-7-19 - Permits for excavation, salvage, studies, etc., at Mississippi landmarks
- Section 39-7-21 - Supervision of salvage or recovery operations; custody of antiquities; promulgation of rules and regulations
- Section 39-7-22 - Public construction or improvement affecting potential Mississippi landmarks
- Section 39-7-23 - Expenditures for acquisition of items; gifts and bequests; contracts for temporary possession of items by others
- Section 39-7-25 - Restoration of antiquities for private parties
- Section 39-7-27 - Reproduction, forging, etc., of antiquity with intent to deceive
- Section 39-7-29 - Defacing of American Indian or aboriginal markings or carvings
- Section 39-7-31 - Entry upon land of another to deface, remove or destroy archeological relics or sites
- Section 39-7-33 - Disfigurement, removal, destruction, etc., of historical structure or artifact
- Section 39-7-35 - Penalties for violations of chapter; finder's fee for arrest and conviction of violator
- Section 39-7-37 - Civil action to enjoin violations or threatened violations of chapter; venue
- Section 39-7-39 - Other agencies and governments to assist in enforcement of chapter
- Section 39-7-41 - Certain archaeological records exempt from requirement of public access
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