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Purpose
To register organizations wishing to restore, protect or maintain an abandoned cemetery under the provisions of RCW 68.60.
Registrations and filings required for businesses - Department of Archaeology and Historic Preservation
- Abandoned Cemeteries Program Certificate
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How to submit
The completed Abandoned Cemeteries Care and Maintenance Certificate application may be mailed or emailed to the Department of Archeology and Historical Preservation.
Processing time
45 to 60 days
Fees
None
License renewals
None; however, if the Care and Maintenance Corporation dissolves, Department of Archeology and Historical Preservation will revoke the certificate.
- Archaeological Site Alteration and Excavation Permit
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Purpose
To allow projects planning excavating, altering, defacing or removing archeological artifacts or deposits, objects or resources or Native Indian graves, cairns or glyptic records, or any skeletal remains.
How to submit
DAHP accepts electronically signed coversheets for Archaeological Site Alteration and Excavation Permit Applications. To start the e-signature process, send an email to ArchExApp@dahp.wa.gov with a request to start the application process. In your request, be sure to provide names and email addresses for the applicant (Professional Archaeologist) and co-applicant(s) to be named on the permit.
Processing time
Within 60 days as provided for in WAC 25-48-090.
Fees
None
License renewals
Renewals are not granted; time extensions can be granted upon request if the current permit is still valid.
- Submerged Historic Archaeological Resource Registration
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Purpose
To establish registration for previously unreported historic archeological resources discovered on, in, or under state-owned aquatic lands, and to establish the right of first refusal for entities that discover previously unreported historic archeological resources abandoned for thirty years or more.
How to submit
The completed Submerged Historic Archeological Resource Registration Form may be submitted by a delivery service which records time and date of delivery, or emailed to the Department of Archeology and Historic Preservation.
Processing time
Within 35 calendar days (as provided in WAC 25-46-100).
Fees
None
License renewals
The right of first refusal granted is valid for five years only.
