# Tex. Natural Resources Code § 191.053: CONTRACT FOR DISCOVERY AND SCIENTIFIC INVESTIGATION

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## Section

- **Citation:** Tex. Natural Resources Code § 191.053
- **Heading:** CONTRACT FOR DISCOVERY AND SCIENTIFIC INVESTIGATION
- **Jurisdiction:** Texas
- **Kind:** Statutes
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** August 14, 2026
- **Source:** Compiled text
- **Location:** TX Code / Code nr / Chapter 191 / Section 191.053

## Text

(a) The committee may contract with other state agencies or political subdivisions and with qualified private institutions, corporations, or individuals for the discovery and scientific investigation of sunken or abandoned ships or wrecks of the sea, or any part of the contents of them, or archeological deposits or treasure imbedded in the earth.

(b) The contract shall:

(1) be on a form approved by the attorney general;

(2) specify the location, nature of the activity, and the time period covered by the contract; and

(3) provide for the termination of any right in the investigator or permittee under the contract on the violation of any of the terms of the contract.

(c) The executed contract shall be recorded by the person, firm, or corporation obtaining the contract in the office of the county clerk in the county or counties in which the operations are to be conducted prior to the commencement of the operation.

(d) Title to all objects recovered is retained by the State of Texas unless and until it is released by the committee.

## Nearby sections

- [Tex. Natural Resources Code § 191.001 § 191.001. TITLE.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_Cnr_C191_S191.001.md)
- [Tex. Natural Resources Code § 191.002 § 191.002. DECLARATION OF PUBLIC POLICY.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_Cnr_C191_S191.002.md)
- [Tex. Natural Resources Code § 191.003 § 191.003. DEFINITIONS.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_Cnr_C191_S191.003.md)
- [Tex. Natural Resources Code § 191.004 § 191.004. CERTAIN RECORDS NOT PUBLIC INFORMATION.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_Cnr_C191_S191.004.md)
- [Tex. Natural Resources Code § 191.021 § 191.021. COMPLIANCE WITH OPEN MEETINGS ACT AND ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURE AND TEXAS REGISTER ACT.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_Cnr_C191_S191.021.md)
- [Tex. Natural Resources Code § 191.051 § 191.051. IN GENERAL.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_Cnr_C191_S191.051.md)
- [Tex. Natural Resources Code § 191.052 § 191.052. RULES.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_Cnr_C191_S191.052.md)
- [Tex. Natural Resources Code § 191.053 § 191.053. CONTRACT FOR DISCOVERY AND SCIENTIFIC INVESTIGATION.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_Cnr_C191_S191.053.md)
- [Tex. Natural Resources Code § 191.054 § 191.054. PERMIT FOR SURVEY AND DISCOVERY, EXCAVATION, RESTORATION, DEMOLITION, OR STUDY.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_Cnr_C191_S191.054.md)
- [Tex. Natural Resources Code § 191.055 § 191.055. SUPERVISION.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_Cnr_C191_S191.055.md)
- [Tex. Natural Resources Code § 191.056 § 191.056. ACCEPTANCE OF GIFTS.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_Cnr_C191_S191.056.md)
- [Tex. Natural Resources Code § 191.057 § 191.057. SURVEY, EXCAVATION, OR RESTORATION FOR PRIVATE PARTIES.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_Cnr_C191_S191.057.md)
- [Tex. Natural Resources Code § 191.058 § 191.058. CURATION OF ARTIFACTS.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_Cnr_C191_S191.058.md)
- [Tex. Natural Resources Code § 191.059 § 191.059. COMPLAINTS.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_Cnr_C191_S191.059.md)

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