The Vermont Statutes Online
The Statutes below include the actions of the 2025 session of the General Assembly.
NOTE: The Vermont Statutes Online is an unofficial copy of the Vermont Statutes Annotated that is provided as a convenience.
Subchapter
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PROHIBITED ACTS
(Cite as: 22 V.S.A. § 791)
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§ 791. Penalty
A person who conducts field investigation activities on or under any land owned or
controlled by the State or within the boundaries of any designated State archaeological
landmark, without first obtaining a permit therefor from the State Historic Preservation
Officer or any person who appropriates, defaces, destroys, or otherwise alters any
archaeological site or specimen located on or under State lands or within the boundaries
of a designated State archaeological landmark, except in the course of activities
pursued under the authority of a permit granted by the State Historic Preservation
Officer, shall be fined not more than $1,000.00 or imprisoned for not more than six
months, or both, and in addition, shall forfeit to the State all specimens, objects,
and materials collected or excavated, together with all photographs and records relating
to that material. (Added 1975, No. 109, § 4; amended 2001, No. 35, § 7.)