8 sections in this chapter.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 200B, § 1 Definitions
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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 lender, who claims to be legally entitled to, or who establishes legal entitlement to, property held …
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 200B, § 2 Notice to lender or claimant; contents; delivery requirements; notice by publication
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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 claimant's address, if known; (3) a description of the property on loan to the museum; (4) the date of the loan, if known, or the a…
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 200B, § 3 Application of conservation measures or disposal of undocumented property or property on loan without notice; requirements; lien for costs incurred and liability for damages
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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 the museum without the lender's or claimant's permission or notice to the lender or claimant if: (1) immedia…
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 200B, § 4 Notice to terminate loan of property; contents; acquisition of title by museum upon failure of lender to respond to notice or collect property
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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 time if: (1) the property was loaned to the museum for an indefinite term; or (2) the property was loaned to the museum for a …
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 200B, § 5 Acquisition of title by museum to property when identity of lender unknown
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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 lender or claimant shall become the property of the museum if no person has claimed the property within 7 years after the museum c…
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 200B, § 6 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
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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, officers or trustees because of injury, damage to or loss of property loaned to the museum more than 2 years after…
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 200B, § 7 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
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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 is made. A copy of this chapter or a citation to this chapter within the loan agreement shall satisfy the requirements of this subse…
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 200B, § 8 Rights and obligations identified in written agreement; availability of other methods of establishing title
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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 shall not preclude a museum from using any other statutory or judicial method of establishing or perfecting title …