California Civil Code CHAPTER 1.5 - Loans to Museums for Indefinite or Long Terms

• Section 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 arisen, however,...
• Section 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 educational, scientific,...
• Section 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...
• Section 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...
• Section 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...
• Section 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...
• Section 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...
• Section 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...
• Section 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...
• Section 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...
• Section 1899.10.a.
  (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 gives...
• Section 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 that...

Last modified: October 22, 2018