Law & ethics
What may be collected, kept and sold — by country and, for the United States, by state.
- Alaska— State rules · Alaska
- Argentina— National rules · Argentina
- Australia— National rules · Australia
- Brazil— National rules · Brazil
- California— State rules · California
- Canada: Alberta— Provincial rules · Alberta
- Casual collecting on BLM land— Federal land · United States
- China— National rules · China
- CITES: shells, coral and ivory— International · Wildlife
- Ethics codes: AAPS, SVP, Paleontological Society— Ethics
- Export bans: China, Mongolia, Brazil, Argentina, Morocco— International
- Export, CITES, ivory bans and the Lacey Act— International · Trade
- Florida— State rules · Florida
- Germany: Solnhofen, Holzmaden and the state heritage laws— National rules · Germany
- Illinois— State rules · Illinois
- Kansas— State rules · Kansas
- Maryland— State rules · Maryland
- Mongolia— National rules · Mongolia
- Montana— State rules · Montana
- Morocco— National rules · Morocco
- Nebraska— State rules · Nebraska
- New Jersey— State rules · New Jersey
- New York— State rules · New York
- North Carolina— State rules · North Carolina
- Ohio— State rules · Ohio
- Oregon— State rules · Oregon
- Other US states: the default rules— State rules · United States
- Private land and permission— Ownership · United States
- South Carolina— State rules · South Carolina
- South Dakota— State rules · South Dakota
- Texas— State rules · Texas
- United Kingdom— National rules · United Kingdom
- US federal land: the rules in one place— Federal land · United States
- Utah— State rules · Utah
- Vertebrate fossils on federal land— Federal land · United States
- Washington— State rules · Washington
- Wyoming— State rules · Wyoming