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Section 27-502 – PROHIBITED ACTS.

27-502. PROHIBITED ACTS. (1) Except as provided in section 27-503, Idaho Code, no person shall wilfully remove, mutilate, deface, injure or destroy any cairn or grave. Persons disturbing graves through inadvertence, including by construction, mining, or logging, shall cause the human remains to be reinterred. The expense for such reinterment shall be at least partially […]

Section 27-503 – PERMITTED ACTS — NOTICE.

27-503. PERMITTED ACTS — NOTICE. (1) If action is necessary to protect the burial site from foreseeable destruction and upon prior notification to the director of the state historical society and to the appropriate Indian tribe in the vicinity of the intended action if the cairn or grave contains remains of an Indian, a professional […]

Section 27-501 – DEFINITIONS.

27-501. DEFINITIONS. For the purposes of sections 27-501 through 27-504, Idaho Code: (1) "Cairn" means a heap of stones or other material piled up as a memorial or monument to the dead. (2) "Grave" means an excavation for burial of a human body. (3) "Indian tribe" means any Idaho Indian tribe recognized by the Secretary […]