---
kind: "section"
citation: "50 C.F.R. § 27.63"
title: "50"
number: "27.63"
heading: "Search for and removal of other valued objects."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/50/27.63"
---

# §27.63. Search for and removal of other valued objects.

- (a) No person shall search for buried treasure, treasure trove, valuable semi-precious rocks, stones, or mineral specimens on national wildlife refuges unless authorized by permit or by provision of this subchapter C.
- (b) Permits are required for archeological studies on national wildlife refuges in accordance with the provisions of this subchapter C.
- (c) Permits are required for the collection of paleontological resources on national wildlife refuges in accordance with the provisions of [43 CFR part 49](/cfr/43/part49.md).

## Notes

### Amendments

[41 FR 9168, Mar. 3, 1976, as amended at 87 FR 47329, Aug. 2, 2022]

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 685, 752, 690d; 16 U.S.C. 460k, 460 l -6d, 664, 668dd, 685, 690d, 715i, 715s, 725; 43 U.S.C. 315a.

### Source

Source: 41 FR 9168, Mar. 3, 1976, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[41 FR 9168, Mar. 3, 1976, as amended at 87 FR 47329, Aug. 2, 2022]