Code of Massachusetts Regulations
950 CMR - OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF THE COMMONWEALTH
Title 950 CMR 70.00 - Massachusetts Historical Commission
Section 70.03 - Applicability

(1) No person, corporation, agency, or any other entity, or authority of the Commonwealth or any of its political subdivisions shall conduct field investigation activities on any land owned or controlled by the Commonwealth, its agencies or political subdivisions or on any historical or archeological landmarks or on any lands restricted by M.G.L. c. 184, § 31 without first securing a permit from the State Archeologist. Any individual, corporation, institution, school, agency, or other entity who plans to conduct Destructive Archeological Field Investigations must secure a permit from the State Archeologist if the field investigations will be located on state, county or municipal property; or on lands which are controlled by state, county or municipal easements; or on lands which are being evaluated by state, county or municipal authorities as a part of proposed land modification projects; or on properties which are designated as Massachusetts Historical or Archeological Landmarks as provided by M.G.L. c. 9, § 27; or on lands controlled by preservation restrictions as provided by M.G.L. c. 184, § 31; or on anyother lands owned or controlled by the Commonwealth, its agencies or political subdivisions.

(2) All specimens collected through field investigation activities conducted under permit as provided in 950 CMR 70.00 shall be the property of the Commonwealth.