1-20-37 Forgery and misrepresentation of archaeological objects--Sale of unlawfully collected obje...
1-20-37.
Forgery and misrepresentation of archaeological objects--Sale of unlawfully
collected objects--Misdemeanor.
No person may reproduce, retouch, rework, or forge any
archaeological, paleontological, ethnological, or historical object, deriving its principal value from
its antiquity, or make any object, whether copies or not, or falsely label, describe, identify, or offer
for sale or exchange any object, with intent to represent the object to be an original and genuine
archaeological, paleontological, ethnological, or historical specimen. No person may offer for sale
or exchange any object that has previously been collected or excavated in violation of any of the
terms of this chapter. A violation of this section is a Class 2 misdemeanor.
Source: SL 1974, ch 11, § 16; SL 1980, ch 24, § 8; SL 2009, ch 1, § 110.
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