§ 25:380.14 — Donations and loans; disposition of property

Louisiana § 25:380.14

• Jurisdiction: Louisiana
• Title 25: Louisiana Tourism Development

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§380.14. Donations and loans; disposition of property
A. The office of the state museum may solicit and accept funds, governmental grants,
donations, and contributions of lands, buildings, monies, relics, works of art, or other
property on behalf of and as additions to the Edward Douglass White Historic Site either in
the form of loans or in the form of donations inter vivos or mortis causa, and may acquire
them by purchase, lease, or otherwise, subject to the terms, conditions, or limitations
contained in the instrument by which such property is acquired. However, the office of the
state museum may enter into any and all contracts with any person, lender, or donor that it
may deem fit, proper, and necessary to accept and receive such lands, buildings, monies,
relics, works of art, or other property on behalf of and as additions to the Edward Douglass
White Historic Site. The Edward Douglass White Historic Site may serve as the beneficiary
of any public trust heretofore or hereafter created for such purpose pursuant to the provisions
of R.S. 9:2341 et seq.
B. The office of the state museum is granted the authority of deaccession with
respect to any collection of the Edward Douglass White Historic Site and, for such purpose,
is exempted from laws relative to the sale or disposal of surplus property. The board shall
establish policies and procedures necessary to carry out this authority in an orderly manner.
C.(1) Any property which has been deposited with the Edward Douglass White
Historic Site, by loan or otherwise, and which has been held by the Edward Douglass White
Historic Site for more than ten years, and to which no person has made claim shall be
deemed to be abandoned and, notwithstanding the provisions of Chapter 1 of Title XII of
Book III of the Louisiana Civil Code, shall become the property of the Edward Douglass
White Historic Site, except that property which has been donated to, on loan to, or purchased
by the office of state parks, provided that Paragraph (2) of this Subsection has been complied
with.
(2)(a) At least once each week for two consecutive weeks, the board shall cause to
be published in at least one newspaper of general circulation in the parish of Lafourche, a
notice and listing of the property.
(b) The notice shall contain:
(i) The name and last known address, if any, of the last known owner or depositor
of the property.
(ii) A description of the property.
(iii) A statement that if proof of claim is not presented by the claimant to the board
and if the claimant's right to receive such property is not established to the satisfaction of the
office of the state museum within sixty-five days from the date of the second published
notice, the property will be deemed to be abandoned and shall become the property of the
Edward Douglass White Historic Site.
(3) If no valid claim has been made to the property within sixty-five days from the
date of the second published notice, title to the property shall vest in the Edward Douglass
White Historic Site free from all claims.

Legislative History

Acts 1993, No. 507, §2, eff. July 1, 1993; Acts 2001, No. 1111, §1; Acts 2025, No. 450, §1.