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Historic Preservation in Alachua County, FL (2026)

1 rule for unincorporated Alachua County, Florida.

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Note: These county rules apply to unincorporated areas of Alachua County. If you live within an incorporated city, that city's own rules apply: see the city list below.

Historic-Cultural Monuments

Alachua County's Local Public Lands Historic Preservation Ordinance bans vandalizing, excavating, removing or defacing any historic monument, artifact or archaeological resource on county-owned land without county authorization. Chapter 116 covers everything from Indian habitations and ceremonial sites to memorials and sunken watercraft, with violating artifacts subject to seizure.

Historic and Cultural Resource Protection (Alachua County)

Significant Restrictions

Alachua County Code § 116.04, § 116.05(a)

Historic property or historic resource shall mean any prehistoric or historic district, site, building, object, or other real or personal property of historical, architectural or archaeological value. These properties or resources may include, but are not limited to: monuments, memorials, Indian habitations, ceremonial sites, abandoned settlements, sunken or abandoned watercraft, engineering wo...

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