Links to local law's?

[rottielover]

Does anyone know a good website on how to find out what the local law's are about picking stuff up off the bottom?

For example: I always thought around here (Missouri) that if it were lost in water, anyone that picks it up now owns it, but I have no "offical" word on that. I've been reading the Missouri Revised Statutes until my eye's feel like they are bleeding and haven't come up with anything.

I would also like to find out about laws in the "popular" diving locations, like Coz. Fl. Ca. etc.etc.

Thanks for any help with this!

 

[ScubaToneDog]

Depends what you find. Lets say you find a old watch in an old pond or at a recreational lake...thats no big deal. But if you were to find it near a historical battle site, then it must be surrendered to the state. A good resource is your local historical society. Over here in the Great lakes region anything found near a wreck site that is not obviously part of that wreck (like a quartz watch on a ship that went down in 1905) is fair game. Hope this helped...