LAC 25:I.167. Custodianship of State-Owned Antiquities

A. All antiquities and objects recovered from state lands or donated to the state from private lands or excluded public lands shall become the legal responsibility of the commission. Such antiquities shall be deposited with the commission and recorded in the central state archaeological survey files. The final repository of state-owned antiquities will be decided by the commission on the basis of maximum public exhibit consistent with the full protection and preservation of such antiquities as nonrenewable cultural resources. State antiquities deposited with deputy custodians may be recalled by the commission at any time should such action be warranted in the opinion of a majority of commission members.