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LexisNexis(TM) Academic -Document <br />f~ <br />i <br />Page 1 of 2 <br />Home Sources How Do I? Site Map What's New Help <br />Search Terms: 24-80-1302 <br />FOCUST"' ~~~~ Edit Search <br />t iaitle`9 ias'~s~i ~(,_.@-#~T: i ~i~~'~/t`<.y tia ~~~~'Uii DOCUTEIlt10f 2. text 1~ <br />COLORADO REVISED STATUTES <br />*** THIS SECTION IS CURRENT THROUGH THE 2002 SUPPLEMENT (2002 SESSIONS) *** <br />TITLE 24. GOVERNMENT -STATE <br />STATE HISTORY, ARCHIVES, AND EMBLEMS <br />ARTICLE 80. STATE HISTORY, ARCHIVES, AND EMBLEMS <br />PART 13. UNMARKED HUMAN GRAVES <br />GO TO CODE ARCHIVE DIRECTORY FOR 7HI5 IURISDICTION <br />C.R.S. 24-80-1302 (2002) <br />24-80-1302. Discovery of human remains <br />(1) Except as provided in section 24-80-1303 with regard to anthropological investigations, any person who <br />discovers on any land suspected human skeletal remains or who knowingly disturbs such remains shall <br />immediately notify the coroner of the county wherein the remains are located and the sheriff, police chief, or <br />land managing agency official. <br />(2) The coroner shall conduct an on-site inquiry within forty-eight hours of such notification to attempt to <br />determine whether such skeletal remains are human remains and to determine their forensrc value. If the <br />coroner is unable to make such determinations, the police chief, the sheriff, the coroner, or the land <br />managing agency official shall request the forensic anthropologist of the Colorado bureau of investigation to <br />assist in making such determinations. If it is confirmed that the remains are human remains but of no <br />forensic value, the coroner shall notify the state archaeologist of the discovery. The state archaeologist shall <br />recommend security measures for the site. <br />(3) Prior to further disturbance, the state archaeologist shall cause the human remains to be examined by a <br />qualified archaeologist to determine whether the remains are more than one hundred years old and to <br />evaluate the integrity of their archaeological context. Complete documentation of the archaeological context <br />of the human remains shall be accomplished in a timely manner. <br />(4) (a) If the on-site inquiry discloses that the human remains are native American, the state archaeologist <br />shall notify the commission. <br />(b) The remains shall be disinterred unless the landowner, the state archaeologist, and the chairman of the <br />commission or his designee unanimously agree to leave the remains in situ. <br />(c) Disinterment shall be conducted carefully, respectfully, and in accordance with proper archaeological <br />methods and by an archaeologist who holds a permit issued under sections 24-80-405 and 24-80-406. In the <br />event the remains are left in situ, they shall be covered over. <br />(d) Without the landowner's express consent for an extension of time, disinterment shall be accomplished no <br />later than ten consecutive days after the state archaeologist has received notification from the coroner <br />pursuant to subsection (2) of this section. <br />http://web.lexis-nexis.com/universe/document?_m=a89f7d4fl 2b6ff4c2fbbebdl c9a2d072&_... 5/3/2003 <br />