Minnesota § 345.70 MINNESOTA MUSEUM PROPERTY ACT; DEFINITIONS

Minnesota Statutes

§ 345.70 — MINNESOTA MUSEUM PROPERTY ACT; DEFINITIONS

Minnesota § 345.70

PartANIMALS AND PROPERTY

Ch. 345UNCLAIMED PROPERTY

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Minn. Stat. § 345.70 (2026).

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(a)As used in this section, the terms defined in this subdivision have the meanings given them.

(b)"Archives repository" means a nonprofit organization or a public agency whose primary functions include selecting, preserving, and making available records of historical or enduring value, and that is open to the public on a regular basis. Archives repository does not include a public library.

(c)"Loan" means the placement of property with a museum or archives repository that is not accompanied by a transfer of title of the property to the museum or archives repository and for which there is some record that the owner intended to retain title to the property. Loan does not include transfers between museums, between archives repositories, or between museums and archives repositories unless

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(a) As used in this section, the terms defined in this subdivision have the meanings given them.
(b) "Archives repository" means a nonprofit organization or a public agency whose primary functions include selecting, preserving, and making available records of historical or enduring value, and that is open to the public on a regular basis. Archives repository does not include a public library.
(c) "Loan" means the placement of property with a museum or archives repository that is not accompanied by a transfer of title of the property to the museum or archives repository and for which there is some record that the owner intended to retain title to the property. Loan does not include transfers between museums, between archives repositories, or between museums and archives repositories unless the transferring institution specifically provides in writing that the transfer is a loan under this section.
(d) "Museum" means a nonprofit organization or a public agency that is operated primarily for the purpose of collecting, cataloging, preserving, or exhibiting property of educational, scientific, historic, cultural, or aesthetic interest and that is open to the public on a regular basis. Museum does not include a public library.
(e) "Property" means personal property.