ORS 390.237 Removal without permit; exceptions

In addition to the provisions of ORS 273.241, if any individual or institution excavates or removes from the land designated in ORS 390.235 any materials of archaeological, historical, prehistorical or anthropological nature without obtaining the permit required in ORS 390.235, all materials and collections removed from such lands, with the exception of native Indian human remains, funerary goods, sacred objects and objects of cultural patrimony, which shall go directly to the appropriate Indian tribe, are under the stewardship of the State of Oregon and shall be assigned to the Oregon State Museum of Anthropology with the expressed approval of the appropriate Indian tribe.