27 §376. Antiquities recovered from archaeological sites
Title 27: LIBRARIES, HISTORY, CULTURE AND ART
Chapter 13: ARCHAEOLOGY
Subchapter 2: STATE-OWNED OBJECTS AND SPECIMENS
§376. Antiquities recovered from archaeological sites
1. State-owned artifacts to remain in Maine. No artifacts, objects, specimens or materials originating from a site on state-controlled land may be authorized to leave the State permanently without written permission of the permittors. They may be loaned for a term specified by the permittors for proper study or exhibit.
[ 1981, c. 55, §7 (NEW) .]
2. Sale of artifacts. Attempts to sell, offers of sale and sale of artifacts, objects or specimens, excavated after the effective date of this Act, whether excavated lawfully or unlawfully from a site, without the written permission of the permit grantors or the Director of the Maine Historic Preservation Commission and the Director of the State Museum, are punishable by a civil penalty not greater than twice the price for which artifacts, objects of specimens are sold or offered for sale.
[ 1989, c. 700, Pt. A, §114 (AMD) .]
3. Prosecution. The Attorney General, upon receiving notification and evidence of violation of this section from the Director of the Maine Historic Preservation Commission, is authorized to file a complaint against the person named in the District Court of the district in which the person resides, or in the district in which the violation occurred.
[ 1981, c. 55, §7 (NEW) .]
4. Artifact ownership. Artifacts, objects, materials and specimens recovered from sites on state-controlled land are the property of the State Museum. Artifacts, objects, specimens or materials originating from a site on other than state-controlled land are the property of the landowner and shall be deposited with a suitable repository as designated by the landowner in the preservation agreement, or the permit.
[ 1989, c. 700, Pt. A, §114 (AMD) .]
SECTION HISTORY
1981, c. 55, §7 (NEW). 1989, c. 700, §A114 (AMD).