All sunken or abandoned ships and wrecks of the sea, and any part or the contents thereof, and all treasure imbedded in the earth, located in, on or under the surface of lands belonging to the State of Mississippi, including its tidelands, submerged lands and the beds of its rivers and the sea within the jurisdiction of the State of Mississippi are hereby declared to be Mississippi landmarks and are the sole property of the State of Mississippi and may not be taken, altered, damaged, destroyed, salvaged or excavated without a contract or permit of the board.
Miss. Code Ann. § 39-7-9
Shipwrecks and buried treasure designated Mississippi landmarks and sole property of state
Known as the Antiquities Law
The act spans §§ 39–39 (23 sections).
Codes, 1942, § 6192-105; Laws, 1970, ch. 267, § 5; Laws, 1983, ch. 458, § 4, eff from and after July 1, 1983.
Current official text: Mississippi Code (LexisNexis). Digitized from the UniCourt Code Improvement Commission public-domain capture. Reproduced from public-domain Mississippi statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.