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New York Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation - Article 19-A - § 19.13 Definitions

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    § 19.13 Definitions. As used in this article:
    1. "Claimant" means a person who asserts ownership or some other legal
  right to undocumented property held by the office.
    2.  "Loan" means a deposit of property with the office not accompanied
  by a transfer to the office of title to the property.
    3. "Lender" means a person whose name appears on the  records  of  the
  office  as  the  person  legally  entitled to, or claiming to be legally
  entitled to, property held by the office  or,  if  deceased,  the  legal
  heirs of such person.
    4.  "Lender's  address"  means  the most recent address for the lender
  shown on the office's records pertaining to the property on loan, or  if
  the  lender  is  deceased,  the last known address of the legal heirs of
  such lender.
    5. "Office" means the state office of parks, recreation  and  historic
  preservation and those facilities including historic sites as defined in
  section  1.03  of  this chapter which: (a) are under the jurisdiction of
  the office;  (b)  are  operated  primarily  for  educational,  cultural,
  scientific,  historic,  or aesthetic purposes; and (c) own, borrow, care
  for, exhibit, study, archive or catalogue property.
    6. "Permanent loan" means a loan of property  to  the  office  for  an
  unspecified period.
    7.  "Property" means any inanimate object, document or tangible object
  under  the  office's  care  which  has  intrinsic  historic,   artistic,
  scientific, or cultural value.
    8.  "Undocumented  property"  means  property in the possession of the
  office for which the office cannot determine the owner by  reference  to
  its records.
    9.  "Deaccession" means the permanent removal or disposal of an object
  from the collection of the office  by  virtue  of  its  sale,  exchange,
  donation  or transfer in accordance with the provisions of section 19.29
  of this article.
    10. "Conservation measures" means any actions  taken  to  preserve  or
  stabilize  a  property  including,  but  not  limited to, proper storage
  support, cleaning, proper lighting, and restoration.

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