381.197  Permit required to investigate, explore or excavate historic or prehistoric site; applicability of penalties.  Except for action taken under an agreement with the Office of Historic Preservation of the Department pursuant to NRS 383.430, and except as otherwise provided in this section, a person shall not investigate, explore or excavate an historic or prehistoric site on federal or state lands or remove any object therefrom unless the person is the holder of a valid and current permit issued pursuant to the provisions of NRS 381.195 to 381.227, inclusive. Conduct that would otherwise constitute a violation of this section is not a violation of this section if it is also a violation of NRS 383.435.

(Added to NRS by 1959, 290; A 2005, 569)