2.65.404    CONTENTS OF A CLAIM FOR REPATRIATION

(1) A claimant shall file its written claim with the board. A written claim for repatriation must include a description of the claimant's cultural affiliation to the human skeletal remains or funerary objects and an explanation why the possessing entity does not have the right of possession.

(2) In reviewing a claim, the board shall determine whether the claim includes the information described in (1). The board may not review the merits of the claim at this stage of the review.

(3) If a claimant fails to provide the above information, the board shall dismiss and return the claim to the claimant. A claimant may file a revised claim with the board.

History: 22-3-904, MCA; IMP, 22-3-904, 22-3-912, MCA; NEW, 2013 MAR p. 785, Eff. 5/10/13.