Acquiring title — Undocumented property, notice.

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A museum may acquire title to undocumented property held by the museum for at least 3 years as follows:

(1) The museum must give notice that the museum is asserting title to the undocumented property.

(2) The notice that the museum is asserting title to the property must include a statement containing substantially the following information:

“The records of (name of museum) fail to indicate the owner of record of certain property in its possession. The museum hereby asserts title to the following property:

(3) If a lender does not respond to the notice within 60 days by giving a written notice of intent to retain an interest in the property on loan, the museum's title to the property becomes absolute.


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