CHAPTER 1.5. Loans to Museums for Indefinite or Long Terms
Chapter 1.5 added by Stats. 1983, Ch. 61, Sec. 1.
§§ 1899–1899.11 · 12 sections
- § 1899 The Legislature finds and declares as follows: (a) Many museums have benefited greatly from having property loaned to them for study or display. Problems have…
- § 1899.1 For the purposes of this chapter: (a) A “museum” is an institution located in California and operated by a nonprofit corporation or public agency, primarily…
- § 1899.2 (a) When a museum is required to give a lender notice pursuant to the provisions of this chapter, the museum shall be deemed to have given a lender notice if…
- § 1899.3 (a) If, on or after January 1, 1984, a museum accepts a loan of property for an indefinite term, or for a term in excess of seven years, the museum shall…
- § 1899.4 (a) It is the responsibility of the owner of property on loan to a museum to notify the museum promptly in writing of any change of address or change in…
- § 1899.5 (a) A notice of intent to preserve an interest in property on loan to a museum filed pursuant to this chapter shall be in writing, shall contain a description…
- § 1899.6 (a) Unless there is a written loan agreement to the contrary, a museum may apply conservation measures to or dispose of property on loan to the museum without…
- § 1899.7 (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), if a museum is unable to give the lender the notice required by subdivision (d) of Section 1899.3 of injury to or…
- § 1899.8 Effective January 1, 1985, no action shall be brought against a museum for damages because of injury to or loss of property loaned to the museum more than (1)…
- § 1899.9 (a) A museum may give the lender notice of the museum’s intent to terminate a loan which was made for an indefinite term, or which was made on or after January…
- § 1899.10 (a) The three-year limitation on actions to recover personal property prescribed in Code of Civil Procedure Section 338.3 shall run from the date the museum…
- § 1899.11 (a) The provisions of this chapter supersede the provisions of the Unclaimed Property Law (commencing with Section 1500 of the Code of Civil Procedure) except…