Law & ethics
What may be collected, kept and sold — by country and, for the United States, by state.
A
- Alabama: artifacts— State rules · Alabama · artifacts
- Alaska— State rules · Alaska
- Argentina— National rules · Argentina
- Arkansas: artifacts— State rules · Arkansas · artifacts
- Australia— National rules · Australia
- Australia: artifacts— Country rules · Australia · artifacts
B
- Bolivia: artifacts— Country rules · Bolivia · artifacts
- Brazil— National rules · Brazil
C
- California— State rules · California
- Cambodia: artifacts— Country rules · Cambodia · artifacts
- Canada: Alberta— Provincial rules · Alberta
- Canada: artifacts— Country rules · Canada · artifacts
- Casual collecting on BLM land— Federal land · United States
- China— National rules · China
- China: artifacts— Country rules · China · artifacts
- CITES: shells, coral and ivory— International · Wildlife
- Colombia: artifacts— Country rules · Colombia · artifacts
- Cyprus: artifacts— Country rules · Cyprus · artifacts
E
- Ecuador: artifacts— Country rules · Ecuador · artifacts
- Egypt: artifacts— Country rules · Egypt · artifacts
- Ethics codes: AAPS, SVP, Paleontological Society— Ethics
- Export bans: China, Mongolia, Brazil, Argentina, Morocco— International
- Export, CITES, ivory bans and the Lacey Act— International · Trade
F
- Florida— State rules · Florida
- Florida: artifacts— State rules · Florida · artifacts
G
- Georgia: artifacts— State rules · Georgia · artifacts
- Germany: artifacts— Country rules · Germany · artifacts
- Germany: Solnhofen, Holzmaden and the state heritage laws— National rules · Germany
- Greece: artifacts— Country rules · Greece · artifacts
- Guatemala: artifacts— Country rules · Guatemala · artifacts
I
- Illinois— State rules · Illinois
- Illinois: artifacts— State rules · Illinois · artifacts
- India: artifacts— Country rules · India · artifacts
- Indiana: artifacts— State rules · Indiana · artifacts
- Iraq: artifacts— Country rules · Iraq · artifacts
- Israel: artifacts— Country rules · Israel · artifacts
- Italy: artifacts— Country rules · Italy · artifacts
J
- Jordan: artifacts— Country rules · Jordan · artifacts
K
- Kansas— State rules · Kansas
- Kentucky: artifacts— State rules · Kentucky · artifacts
M
- Maryland— State rules · Maryland
- Mexico: artifacts— Country rules · Mexico · artifacts
- Michigan: artifacts— State rules · Michigan · artifacts
- Mississippi: artifacts— State rules · Mississippi · artifacts
- Missouri: artifacts— State rules · Missouri · artifacts
- Mongolia— National rules · Mongolia
- Montana— State rules · Montana
- Morocco— National rules · Morocco
- Morocco: artifacts— Country rules · Morocco · artifacts
N
- Nebraska— State rules · Nebraska
- New Jersey— State rules · New Jersey
- New York— State rules · New York
- New York: artifacts— State rules · New York · artifacts
- North Carolina— State rules · North Carolina
- North Carolina: artifacts— State rules · North Carolina · artifacts
O
- Ohio— State rules · Ohio
- Ohio: artifacts— State rules · Ohio · artifacts
- Oklahoma: artifacts— State rules · Oklahoma · artifacts
- Oregon— State rules · Oregon
- Other US states: the default rules— State rules · United States
P
- Pennsylvania: artifacts— State rules · Pennsylvania · artifacts
- Peru: artifacts— Country rules · Peru · artifacts
- Private land and permission— Ownership · United States
S
- Selling to the EU: Regulation 2019/880— Buyer's law · European Union · artifacts
- South Carolina— State rules · South Carolina
- South Carolina: artifacts— State rules · South Carolina · artifacts
- South Dakota— State rules · South Dakota
- Syria: artifacts— Country rules · Syria · artifacts
T
- Tennessee: artifacts— State rules · Tennessee · artifacts
- Texas— State rules · Texas
- Texas: artifacts— State rules · Texas · artifacts
- Türkiye: artifacts— Country rules · Türkiye · artifacts
U
- United Kingdom— National rules · United Kingdom
- United Kingdom: Treasure, the PAS and export licences— Country rules · United Kingdom · artifacts
- US federal land: the rules in one place— Federal land · United States
- US federal law on artifacts: ARPA, NAGPRA, the Indian Arts and Crafts Act— Federal law · United States · artifacts
- US import restrictions: the designated lists— Import law · United States · artifacts
- Utah— State rules · Utah
V
- Vertebrate fossils on federal land— Federal land · United States
- Virginia: artifacts— State rules · Virginia · artifacts
W
- Washington— State rules · Washington
- Wisconsin: artifacts— State rules · Wisconsin · artifacts
- Wyoming— State rules · Wyoming