"Museum" includes, but is not limited to, historical societies, historic
sites,
landmarks, parks, archives, monuments, botanical gardens, arboreta,
zoos, nature centers, planetaria, aquaria, libraries, technology centers,
and art, history, science, and natural history museums.
"Property" means documents or tangible objects, animate or inanimate, in
the custody of a museum.
"Person" means an individual, association, partnership,
corporation, trust, estate, or other entity having a legal interest in property
in
the custody of a museum.
"Lender" means a person whose name appears on the records of a
museum as the person legally entitled to property held by the museum.
"Claimant" means a person, other than the lender of record, who claims to be
legally entitled to, or who establishes his or her legal entitlement to,
property
held by the museum.
"Lender's or claimant's address" means a description of the most recent
location of a lender or claimant, as indicated on the museum's records
pertaining to the property on loan from the lender or claimant, sufficient for
the purpose of delivering mail.
"Loan" means a deposit of property with a museum that is not
accompanied by a transfer of title to the property or other evidence of
donative intent; however, "loan" does not include a consignment of property
for sale.
"Permanent loan" means a loan of property to a museum for an
indefinite term.
"Undocumented property" means property:
(i) that is held by a museum;
(ii) that is assumed to be a gift to the museum; and
(iii) whose ownership cannot be determined by
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