{"data":{"id":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-70-4","jurisdiction":"us-nc","citation":"N.C. Gen. Stat. § 70-4","heading":"Destruction or sale of relic from public lands made misdemeanor.","body":"Any person who shall excavate, disturb, remove, destroy or sell any Indian relic or artifact, or any of the contents of any mound or burial ground, on or from any lands owned by the State, by any public agency or institution, by any county, or by any municipal corporation, except with the written approval of the director of the State Museum or the Secretary of Natural and Cultural Resources, shall be guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor. (1935, c. 198, s. 4; 1973, c. 476, s. 48; 1993, c. 539, s. 542; 1994, Ex. Sess., c. 24, s. 14(c); 2015-241, s. 14.30(x).)","path":["Chapter 70. Indian Antiquities, Archaeological Resources and Unmarked Human Skeletal Remains Protection.","Article 1. Indian Antiquities."],"source_url":"https://www.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/BySection/Chapter_70/GS_70-4.html","current_through":"S.L. 2026-30","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T18:08:12Z","sha256":"518ee9351e9dc0a9a37746b4164c064efda0b7ccfcdcccdfa8fc98c77ed7149f","source_id":"us-nc","stale":false,"prev":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-70-3","next":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-70-5-through-70-9"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}