The document defines what protection of cultural monuments is (a system of measures, which ensures preservation of the cultural and historical heritage and encompasses the registration, research, practical preservation thereof, and use of cultural monuments and popularisation thereof) and than specifies the subject of the law, namely cultural monuments and their types (immovable and moveable). It emphasizes that it is prohibited to destroy, move or modify cultural monuments. Also, is is prohibited to export cultural monuments, including antiquities, that belong to the State of Latvia. Temporary export is restricted to special provisions. It needs to be noted that all owners of cultural monuments (central and local government, public persons and private individuals) have the obligation to corroborate a restriction on the ownership rights to the cultural monument in the Land Register. They are also oblidged to preserve owned monuments, i.e. comply with legislative enactments, to inform the National Heritage Board of any damage suffered by the cultural monument, and of construction intentions and any economic activity which transforms the cultural monument, its surrounding environment within the borders of the protection zone, or which may affect the preservation of the cultural monument, access to such monument, or its visual perceptibility. There are restrictions to economic activities in cultural monuments (their territories, zones, museum reserves, national parks, etc.) which may affect the preservation of cultural monuments, access thereto, or visual perceptibility). There are special regulations on state registration of cultural momenents detailed in Chapter 3. Finally there are precedures for reserach, conservation, restoration and renovation explained and their financing.
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