Delaware Administrative Code
Title 1 - Authorities, Boards and Commissions
900 - Division of Historical and Cultural Affairs
902 - Curation Fee For Archaeological Collections
Section 902-4.0 - Fee for Curation of Archaeological Collections

4.1.1 Federal agencies and state agencies, acting on behalf of the federal government, which recover archaeological artifacts and create associated documents through an archaeological investigation in the State, will be charged a fee.

4.1.2 State agencies, municipalities, universities, colleges, schools, museums, historical societies, for-profit, non-profit, semi-professional, and avocational, organizations or companies, which recover archaeological artifacts and create associated documents through an archaeological investigation in the State, will be charged a fee.

4.1.3 Individuals and cultural resource management firms, acting on behalf of an individual, organization, or company, which recover archaeological artifacts and create associated documents through an archaeological investigation in the State, will be charged a fee.

4.1.4 Individuals that seek to donate archaeological artifacts and associated documents collected in the State through curiosity or hobby, will not be charged a fee.

4.2.1 The Division Director may pro-rate or waive the fee, with approval of the State Collections Committee.

4.2.2 A written request must be submitted to the Division Director for consideration to pro-rate or waive the fee.

4.3.1 The rate per flat or standard box of archaeological artifacts, full or partially full, is $350.

4.3.2 The rate per standard box of associated documents is $400.

4.3.3 The rate per half-standard box of associated documents is $200.

4.3.4 The rate per oversized archaeological artifact or per archaeological artifact requiring specialized storage is $500.

4.4.1 Fee rates will increase by 5% every five years from the effective date, but are not to exceed $1000.