17VAC5-20-20. Applicability.
This chapter shall apply to any person who conducts any field investigation involving the removal of human remains or associated artifacts from any unmarked burial on an archaeological site; no change in the burial laws of the Commonwealth is intended. This chapter also applies if archaeological investigations are undertaken as part of a court-approved removal of a cemetery.
Statutory Authority
§§ 10.1-2202 and 10.1-2300 et seq. of the Code of Virginia.
Historical Notes
Derived from VR390-01-02 § 2, eff. August 14, 1991.
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