§ 46-10-23 - Penalty for unauthorized intermeddling with property.
SECTION 46-10-23
§ 46-10-23 Penalty for unauthorizedintermeddling with property. – If any person shall, after the arrival of the director of the department ofenvironmental management, take, detain, or intermeddle with any propertyshipwrecked or found as aforesaid, except under the direction of the directoror of the owner or agent or other person interested, he or she shall forfeitone thousand dollars ($1,000) for each offense, to be recovered in the name ofthe director, owner, agent, or other person interested, to his or her own use.