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This law was first created in 1977. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 424 of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. Unfortunately, the 1977 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 3 times. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. Those modifications are as follows: in 1984, chapter 750; in 1988, chapter 891; in 1989, chapter 656.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":147053,"object_type":"law","relational_id":69094,"identifier":"10.1-2303","token":"10.1\/III\/23\/10.1-2303","url":"\/10.1-2303\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/10.1-2303\/","token":"10.1\/III\/23\/10.1-2303","dublin_core":{"Title":"Control of archaeological sites; authority of Director to contract","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 10.1-2303","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> The Commonwealth of Virginia reserves to itself, through the Director<\/span>, the exclusive right and privilege<\/span> of field investigation<\/span> on sites<\/span> that are on state-controlled land<\/span>. The Director<\/span> shall first obtain all permits of other state agencies required by law<\/span>. The Director<\/span> is authorized to permit others to conduct such investigations. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> All objects<\/span> of antiquity derived from or found on state-controlled land<\/span> shall remain the property of the Commonwealth. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nCONTROL OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITES; AUTHORITY OF DIRECTOR TO CONTRACT (\u00a7\n10.1-2303)\n\nA. The Commonwealth of Virginia reserves to itself, through the Director, the\nexclusive right and privilege of field investigation on sites that are on\nstate-controlled land. The Director shall first obtain all permits of other\nstate agencies required by law. The Director is authorized to permit others to\nconduct such investigations.\n\nB. All objects of antiquity derived from or found on state-controlled land shall\nremain the property of the Commonwealth.\n\nHISTORY: 1977, c. 424, \u00a7\u00a7 10-150.4, 10-150.6; 1984, c. 750; 1988, c. 891, \u00a7\n10.1-904; 1989, c. 656.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}