Regulations last checked for updates: Dec 17, 2025

Title 43 - Public Lands: Interior last revised: Nov 24, 2025
§ 3.3 - Permits; to whom granted.

Permits for the examination of ruins, the excavation of archeological sites, and the gathering of objects of antiquity will be granted, by the respective Secretaries having jurisdiction, to reputable museums, universities, colleges, or other recognized scientific or educational institutions, or to their duly authorized agents.

source: 19 FR 8838, Dec. 23, 1954, unless otherwise noted.
cite as: 43 CFR 3.3