§ 10.1-2302. Permit required to conduct field investigations; ownership of objects of antiquity; penalty
A. It is unlawful for any person to conduct any type of field investigation, exploration, or recovery operation involving the removal, destruction, or disturbance of any object of antiquity on state-controlled land, or on a state archaeological site or zone, without first receiving a permit from the Director. B. The Director may issue a permit […]
§ 10.1-2303. Control of archaeological sites; authority of Director to contract
A. The Commonwealth of Virginia reserves to itself, through the Director, the exclusive right and privilege of field investigation on sites that are on state-controlled land. The Director shall first obtain all permits of other state agencies required by law. The Director is authorized to permit others to conduct such investigations. B. All objects of […]
§ 10.1-2304. Designating archaeological sites and zones
The Director may designate state archaeological sites and state archaeological zones on private property or on property owned by any county, city or town, or board or authority organized to perform local or regional functions in the Commonwealth provided that the Director secures the express prior written consent of the owner of the property involved. […]
§ 10.1-2305. Permit required for the archaeological excavation of human remains
A. It shall be unlawful for any person to conduct any type of archaeological field investigation involving the removal of human skeletal remains or associated artifacts from any unmarked human burial regardless of age of an archaeological site and regardless of ownership without first receiving a permit from the Director. B. Where unmarked burials are […]
§ 10.1-2214. Underwater historic property; penalty
A. “Underwater historic property” means any submerged shipwreck, vessel, cargo, tackle or underwater archaeological specimen, including any object found at underwater refuse sites or submerged sites of former habitation, that has remained unclaimed on the state-owned subaqueous bottom and has historic value as determined by the Department. B. Underwater historic property shall be preserved and […]
§ 10.1-2215. Repealed
Repealed by Acts 1992, c. 592.
§ 10.1-2300. Definitions
As used in this chapter, unless the context requires a different meaning: “Battlefield preservation organization” means a private nonprofit organization whose primary purpose is the preservation of one or more historical battlefields, including a battlefield property as defined in § 10.1-2200. “Field investigation” means the study of the traces of human culture at any site […]
§ 10.1-2211.1. Disbursement of funds appropriated for caring for Revolutionary War cemeteries and graves
A. At the direction of the Director, the Comptroller of the Commonwealth is instructed and empowered to draw annual warrants upon the State Treasurer from any sums that may be provided in the general appropriation act, in favor of the treasurers of the Virginia Society of the Sons of the American Revolution (VASSAR) and the […]
§ 10.1-2211.1:1. Revolutionary War Cemeteries and Graves Fund
There is hereby created in the state treasury a special nonreverting fund to be known as the Revolutionary War Cemeteries and Graves Fund, referred to in this section as “the Fund.” The Fund shall be established on the books of the Comptroller. All funds appropriated for such purpose, all funds deposited in the Fund pursuant […]
§ 10.1-2211.2. Disbursement of funds appropriated for caring for historical African American cemeteries and graves
A. For purposes of this section: “Fund” means the Historical African American Cemeteries and Graves Fund created pursuant to § 10.1-2211.3. “Historical African American cemetery” means a cemetery that was established prior to January 1, 1948, for interments of African Americans. “Qualified organization” means a charitable corporation, charitable association, or charitable trust that has been […]