1. (a) In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated.
2. (b) “Address of the lender” means the most recent address of a lender as shown on the museum's records pertaining to property on loan from the lender.

3. (c)

   1. (1) “Conservation measure” means any action taken toward the long-term preservation of property.
   2. (2) “Conservation measure” includes examination, documentation, treatment, and preventive care of property, supported by research and education.
4. (d) “Lender” means a person whose name appears on the records of a museum as the person legally entitled to, or claiming to be legally entitled to, property held by the museum.
5. (e) “Loan” means a deposit of property not accompanied by a transfer of title to that property.

6. (f) “Museum” means an institution located in the State that:

   1. (1) Is operated by a person primarily for education, scientific, historic preservation, or aesthetic purposes; and
   2. (2) Owns, borrows, cares for, exhibits, studies, archives, or catalogs property.
7. (g) “Permanent loan” means a loan of property to a museum for an indefinite period.
8. (h) “Property” means a tangible object under a museum's care that has intrinsic historic, artistic, scientific, or cultural value.
9. (i) “Undocumented property” means property in the possession of a museum for which the museum cannot determine the owner by reference to the museum's records.
10. (j) “Unsolicited donation” means any property that is left in the control of a museum that is from an unknown source and can be reasonably assumed to have been intended as a gift to the museum.

Added by Acts 2020, c. 28, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2020; Acts 2020, c. 29, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2020.