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title: O.C.G.A. § 12-3-622. Buying, selling, trading, importing, or exporting American Indian burial, sacred, or cultural objects.
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# O.C.G.A. § 12-3-622. Buying, selling, trading, importing, or exporting American Indian burial, sacred, or cultural objects.

(a) After December 1, 1992, it shall be unlawful for any person to buy, sell, trade, import, or export for purposes of buying, selling, or trading for profit any American Indian burial object, sacred object, or object of cultural patrimony, with knowledge that the object is an American Indian burial or sacred object or an object of cultural patrimony.

(b) Any person who violates the provisions of subsection (a) of this Code section is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, may be punished by a fine not to exceed $500.00 for each burial object, sacred object, or object of cultural patrimony involved in such violation.

## History

Code 1981, § 12-3-622, enacted by Ga. L. 1992, p. 1790, § 2.

## Code Commission Notes

Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, in 1992, a comma was inserted following ‘‘selling’’ in subsection (a).