The state, acting through the commissioner, reserves to itself title of ownership of all historic resources, except for human remains as provided in RSA 227-C:8-a and 8-g, on or from:

1. I. Lands owned or controlled by the state, its agencies, departments, commissions, institutions or political subdivisions;
2. II. The bottom of navigable waters in the state, great ponds and 3 miles seaward from the New Hampshire shore in the territorial tidal waters of the state.

Source. RSA 227-C:12. 1981, 504:5. 1985, 345:3. 1986, 80:7, eff. Jan. 1, 1987.