R455-4-3. Definitions

A. "Antiquities Section" means the Antiquities Section of the Division of State History.

B. "ancient" means one-hundred years of age or older.

C. "Native American" means of or relating to a tribe, people, or culture that is indigenous to the United States.

D. "human remains" means all or part of a physical individual, in any stage of decomposition, and objects on or in association with the physical individual that were placed there as part of the death rite or ceremony of a culture.

E. "nonfederal land" includes land owned or controlled by the state, a county, city, or town, an Indian tribe, if the land is not held in trust by the United States for the Indian tribe or the Indian tribe's members, a person other than the federal government; or school and institutional trust lands as defined in Section 53C-1-103.

F. "state land" means any land owned by the state including the state's legislative and judicial branches, departments, divisions, agencies, boards, commissions, councils, and committees, institutions of higher education as defined under Section 53B-3-102. "State land" does not include land owned by a political subdivision of the state, land owned by a school district; private land, school and institutional trust lands as defined in Section 53C-1-103.

G. "excavate" means the scientific disturbance or removal of surface or subsurface archaeological resources by qualified archaeologists in compliance with Title 9, Chapter 8, Part 3, Antiquities.

H. "Director" means the Director of the Utah Division of State History.

I. "local law enforcement agency" means the police department, sheriff's office, or other agency having jurisdiction.