Welcome to Burial Preservation Board

The principal purposes of the Burial Preservation Board are to protect from disturbance or destruction human skeletal remains, burial sites, and burial materials found on state and private lands in Montana and to resolve claims for repatriation of human skeletal remains and funerary objects.

 

An informational pamphlet (accessed by clicking link below) prepared by the Burial Preservation Board outlines the statutes and procedures for the handling of human skeletal remains and burial sites. 

• Burial Preservation Information Pamphlet: "What To Do If You Find Human Remains"

 

CORONERS

Below is a current list of coroners in the state of Montana. Links to the Montana Coroner's Association's "Coroner Directory" webpage.

• Montana Coroners

 

PUBLICATIONS

A summary of Montana's "Human Skeletal Remains and Burial Site Protection Act" can be found by clicking the link below:

• Montana's Human Skeletal Remains and Burial Site Protection Act: Repatriation and Board Reimbursement Published by Legislative Services Division July 2000

 

BOARD MEETINGS

Click "Meeting Information" below to be connected to the minutes of the Burial Preservation Board's previous meetings. 

Meeting Information

 

Montana Burial Preservation Board

Back Row (L-R): Morris Belgard; Stan Wilmoth; Rosemary Caye; Greg Kirkwood; Richard Parenteau

Front Row (L-R): Conrad Fisher; William Big Day, Chair; Skye Gilham, Vice Chair; Tom Escarcega, Sr.

 

Administrative Rules 

• Burial Preservation Board Rules (ARM 2.65.101 - 2.65.406)

 

Montana Code Annotated

TITLE 22. LIBRARIES, ARTS, AND ANTIQUITIES

CHAPTER 3. ANTIQUITIES

Part 8. Human Skeletal Remains and Burial Site Protection

Part 9. Repatriation of Human Remains and Funerary Objects