{"data":{"id":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-121-23","jurisdiction":"us-nc","citation":"N.C. Gen. Stat. § 121-23","heading":"Department is custodian of underwater personal property of the State and may adopt rules concerning the property.","body":"The Department of Natural and Cultural Resources is the custodian of shipwrecks, vessels, cargoes, tackle, and underwater archaeological artifacts to which the State has title under G.S. 121-22. The Department of Natural and Cultural Resources may adopt rules necessary to preserve, protect, recover, or salvage any or all of these properties. (1967, c. 533, s. 2; 1973, c. 476, s. 48; 1993, c. 249, s. 1; 2015-241, s. 14.30(s).)","path":["Chapter 121. Archives and History.","Article 3. Salvage of Abandoned Shipwrecks and Other Underwater Archaeological Sites."],"source_url":"https://www.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/BySection/Chapter_121/GS_121-23.html","current_through":"S.L. 2026-30","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T18:19:02Z","sha256":"53bf599cba401c6b80ecd7c1485add9046141b478c1062c0c3bb3b3839b19b41","source_id":"us-nc","stale":false,"prev":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-121-22","next":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-121-24"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}