Escheat to state prohibited
Known as the Museum Unclaimed Property Act
The act spans §§ 39–39 (11 sections).
Laws, 1997, ch. 464, § 8, eff from and after passage (approved March 26, 1997
(1) Property on loan to a museum shall not escheat to the state under any state escheat law, but shall pass to the museum under the provisions of Section 39-19-11.
(2) Property interests other than those specifically addressed in this chapter are not affected by this chapter.
Current official text: Mississippi Code (LexisNexis). Digitized from the UniCourt Code Improvement Commission public-domain capture. Reproduced from public-domain Mississippi statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.