This text of Missouri § 184.106 (Conservation or disposal of property on loan, without notice, when — exception — lien for costs — museum not to be liable for injury or loss, when.) is published on Counsel Stack Legal Research, covering Missouri primary law. Counsel Stack provides free access to over 12 million legal documents including statutes, case law, regulations, and constitutions.
1. 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 the lender's or claimant's permission and without giving formal notice to the lender or claimant, if immediate action is required to protect the property on loan or other property in the custody of the museum or if the property on loan is a hazard to the health and safety of the public or the museum's staff, and if one of the following applies:
(1)The museum is unable to contact the lender or claimant at the lender's or claimant's last address of record if action is to be taken within more than three days but less than one week from the time the museum determined action was necessary;
(2)The museum is unable to contact the lend
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1. 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 the lender's or claimant's permission and without giving formal notice to the lender or claimant, if immediate action is required to protect the property on loan or other property in the custody of the museum or if the property on loan is a hazard to the health and safety of the public or the museum's staff, and if one of the following applies:
(1) The museum is unable to contact the lender or claimant at the lender's or claimant's last address of record if action is to be taken within more than three days but less than one week from the time the museum determined action was necessary;
(2) The museum is unable to contact the lender or claimant at the lender's or claimant's last address or telephone number of record prior to taking action if the action is to be taken within three days or less from the time the museum determined action was necessary; or
(3) The lender or claimant does not respond within five days from the day the lender or claimant is contacted by the museum or will not agree to the protective measures the museum recommends, and does not terminate the loan and retrieve the property.
2. If a museum applies conservation measures to or disposes of property under this section or with the agreement of the lender or claimant, unless the loan agreement provides otherwise, the museum:
(1) Shall have a lien on the property and on the proceeds of any disposition of the property for the costs incurred by the museum in applying conservation measures or disposing of the property under this section; and
(2) Shall not be liable to the lender or claimant for injury to or loss of the property if the museum:
(a) Had a reasonable belief at the time the action was taken that the action was necessary to protect the property on loan or other property in the custody of the museum or that the property on loan was a hazard to the health and safety of the public or the museum staff; and
(b) Exercised reasonable care in choosing and applying conservation measures or disposal methods.