{"data":{"id":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-70-15","jurisdiction":"us-nc","citation":"N.C. Gen. Stat. § 70-15","heading":"Prohibited acts and criminal penalties.","body":"(a)\tNo person may excavate, remove, damage or otherwise alter or deface any archaeological resource located on State lands unless he is acting pursuant to a permit issued under G.S. 70-13.\n(b)\tNo person may sell, purchase, exchange, transport, receive, or offer to sell, purchase, exchange, transport or receive any archaeological resource excavated or removed from State lands in violation of the prohibition contained in G.S. 70-15(a).\n(c)\tAny person who knowingly and willfully violates or employs any other person to violate any prohibition contained in G.S. 70-15(a) or G.S. 70-15(b) shall upon conviction, be fined not more than two thousand dollars ($2,000) or imprisoned not more than six months, or both, in the discretion of the court.\n(d)\tEach day on which a violation occurs shall be a separate and distinct offense. (1981, c. 904, s. 2.)","path":["Chapter 70. Indian Antiquities, Archaeological Resources and Unmarked Human Skeletal Remains Protection.","Article 2. Archaeological Resources Protection Act."],"source_url":"https://www.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/BySection/Chapter_70/GS_70-15.html","current_through":"S.L. 2026-30","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T18:08:12Z","sha256":"e1224937df3f71268381354d3f4cb753f2841c90699db3e1f1aab69ce7910979","source_id":"us-nc","stale":false,"prev":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-70-14","next":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-70-16"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}