{"data":{"id":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-70-37","jurisdiction":"us-nc","citation":"N.C. Gen. Stat. § 70-37","heading":"Prohibited acts.","body":"(a)\tNo person, unless acting under the provisions of G.S. 130-198 through G.S. 130-201, shall:\n(1)\tKnowingly acquire any human skeletal remains removed from unmarked burials in North Carolina after October 1, 1981, except in accordance with the provisions of this Article;\n(2)\tKnowingly exhibit or sell any human skeletal remains acquired from unmarked burials in North Carolina; or\n(3)\tKnowingly retain human skeletal remains acquired from unmarked burials in North Carolina after October 1, 1981, for scientific analysis beyond a period of time provided for such analysis pursuant to the provisions of G.S. 70-32, 70-33 and 70-34, with the exception of those skeletal remains curated under the provisions of G.S. 70-35.\n(b)\tOther provisions of criminal law concerning vandalism of unmarked human burials or human skeletal remains may be found in G.S. 14-149. (1981, c. 853, s. 2.)","path":["Chapter 70. Indian Antiquities, Archaeological Resources and Unmarked Human Skeletal Remains Protection.","Article 3. Unmarked Human Burial and Human Skeletal Remains Protection Act."],"source_url":"https://www.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/BySection/Chapter_70/GS_70-37.html","current_through":"S.L. 2026-30","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T18:08:12Z","sha256":"77d290dae8da007cb01fb9fdc981f86be7e3166dea52f2fe9bc527513d071bb9","source_id":"us-nc","stale":false,"prev":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-70-36","next":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-70-38"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}