184.102. Definitions.
Definitions.
184.102. As used in sections 184.102 to 184.122, unless thecontext requires otherwise, the following terms mean:
(1) "Claimant", a person who files a notice of intent topreserve an interest in property on loan to a museum as providedin section 184.114;
(2) "Claimant's address", the most recent address as shownon a notice of intent to preserve an interest in property on loanto a museum, or notice of change of address, which notice is onfile with the museum;
(3) "Director", the director of the department of economicdevelopment;
(4) "Lender", a person whose name appears on the records ofa museum as the person legally entitled to, or claiming to belegally entitled to, property held or owing by the museum;
(5) "Lender's address", the most recent address of thelender as shown on the museum's records pertaining to theproperty on loan from the lender;
(6) "Loan", a deposit of property to a museum that is notaccompanied by a transfer of title to the property;
(7) "Museum", an institution located in this state andoperated by a permanent nonprofit corporation, trust association,or public agency, operated primarily for educational, scientific,historical preservation or aesthetic purposes, which owns,borrows, cares for, studies, archives, or exhibits property."Museum" includes, but is not limited to, libraries, botanicalgardens, zoos, nature centers, planetariums, technology centers,arboretums, historic sites, art centers, and history, naturalhistory and art museums;
(8) "Person", an individual, corporation, partnership,trust, estate, or association;
(9) "Property", a document or tangible object, animate orinanimate, in the custody of a museum, that has intrinsichistoric, artistic, scientific, or cultural value;
(10) "Restricted certified mail", certified mail whichcarries on its face, in a conspicuous place where it will not beobliterated, the endorsement "deliver to addressee only", and forwhich the post office provides the sender with a return receiptshowing the date of delivery, the place of delivery and theperson to whom delivered; and
(11) "Undocumented property", property in the possession ofa museum for which the museum cannot determine the owner byreference to the museum's records.
(L. 1991 S.B. 344 § 2)Effective 12-31-91