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Miss. Code Ann. § 39-19-7

Property loaned to museum; duties of lender

Known as the Museum Unclaimed Property Act

The act spans §§ 39–39 (11 sections).

Laws, 1997, ch. 464, § 4, eff from and after passage (approved March 26, 1997

(1) As of March 26, 1997, the lender, or any successor of the lender, regardless of the date of a loan of property in the custody of a museum, shall promptly notify the museum in writing: Of a change in the lender’s address; and

(2) Of a change in ownership in the property on loan to the museum.

(3) It shall be the responsibility of a successor of a lender to document the passage of rights of control to the property in the custody of the museum. Unless there is evidence of bad faith or gross negligence, a museum shall not be prejudiced by reason of any failure to deal with the true owner of any loaned property.

(4) In cases of disputed ownership of loaned property, a museum shall not be held liable for its refusal to surrender loaned property in its possession except in reliance upon a court order or judgment.

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.