<div class="chunk-title">Sec. 9-97. - Exceptions.</div>
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               Shipwrecks, vessels, cargoes, tackle and other underwater archeological remains that
               have been in place for more than ten years shall not be considered abandoned vessels
               and shall not be removed under the provisions of this section without the approval
               of the North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources, which is the legal custodian
               of these properties pursuant to G.S. 121-22 and 121-23.
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               (Ord. of 7-18-2016(1), pt. I)
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