General Laws of Massachusetts - Chapter 200B Disposition of Museum Property

• Massachusetts General Laws - Definitions - Chapter 200B, Section 1
  As used in this chapter, the following words shall, unless the context clearly requires otherwise, have the following meanings:— “Claimant”, a person, other than the...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Notice to lender or claimant; contents; delivery requirements; notice by publication - Chapter 200B, Section 2
  (a) A notice to a lender or claimant under this chapter shall contain: (1) the lender’s or claimant’s name, if known; (2) the lender’s or...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Application of conservation measures or disposal of undocumented property or property on loan without notice; requirements; lien for costs incurred and liability for damages - Chapter 200B, Section 3
  (a) Unless a written loan agreement provides otherwise, a museum may apply conservation measures to, or dispose of, undocumented property or property on loan to...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Notice to terminate loan of property; contents; acquisition of title by museum upon failure of lender to respond to notice or collect property - Chapter 200B, Section 4
  (a) Unless a written loan agreement provides otherwise, a museum may give notice of the museum’s intent to terminate a loan of property at any...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Acquisition of title by museum to property when identity of lender unknown - Chapter 200B, Section 5
  Property in the possession of a museum for which the museum does not know, and has no reasonable means of determining, the identity of the...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Action for damages brought against museum; time for action; property deemed donated upon failure to act after receipt of notice of museum’s intent to claim title; title to property purchased from museum; recovery of property upon failure to receive notice; competing interests in loaned property - Chapter 200B, Section 6
  (a) Unless a written loan agreement exists between the parties, no action for damages shall be brought against a museum or the museum’s employees, agents,...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Informing lender of provisions of chapter at time loan of property made; retention of records; notification of change in property ownership; filing of notice of interest in property - Chapter 200B, Section 7
  (a)(1) A museum accepting a loan of property shall inform the lender, in writing, of the provisions of this chapter at the time the loan...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Rights and obligations identified in written agreement; availability of other methods of establishing title - Chapter 200B, Section 8
  This chapter shall not be construed to abrogate the rights and obligations of a lender, claimant or museum identified in a written agreement. This chapter...

Last modified: September 11, 2015