(1) Any person who knowingly and willfully appropriates, excavates, injures, or destroys any archaeological resource on public land without written permission from the State Archaeology Office is guilty of a Class III misdemeanor. (2) When the State Archaeology Office has cause to believe that a person has engaged in or is engaging in any unlawful conduct prescribed in this section, it may apply for and obtain, in an action in the appropriate district court of this state, a temporary restraining order or injunction, or both, pursuant to the Nebraska rules of civil procedure prohibiting such person from continuing such practices, or engaging therein, or doing any act in furtherance thereof.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 82-507
Public land; prohibited acts; penalty; temporary restraining order or injunction
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case In re Application No. OP-0003 -- (TransCanada) (2019)
Most recently applied in In re Application No. OP-0003 -- (TransCanada) (August 2019)
Laws 2005, LB 211, § 7.
Official source: Nebraska Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Nebraska statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.