Title 5, Title 5 and Professions

Except as limited by § 5-62-5, no person other than the artist, or a person acting with the artist’s consent, shall knowingly display in a public exhibition a work of fine art of that artist or shall publish a reproduction of a work of the artist in an altered, defaced, mutilated…

(a) Except as limited by § 5-62-5, the artist shall retain at all times the right to claim authorship, or, for just and valid reason, to disclaim authorship of his or her work of fine art. The right to claim authorship shall include the right of the artist to have his or her name…

(a) Alteration, defacement, mutilation, or modification of a work of fine art resulting from the passage of time or the inherent nature of the materials will not by itself create a violation of § 5-62-3 or a right to disclaim authorship under § 5-62-4(a); provided, that the alter…

(a) An artist aggrieved under § 5-62-3 or § 5-62-4 has a cause of action for legal and injunctive relief. (b) No action may be maintained to enforce any liability under this chapter unless brought within three (3) years of the act complained of or one year after the constructive …

(a) Notwithstanding any custom, practice, or usage of the trade, any provision of the Uniform Commercial Code, or any other law, statute, requirement, or rule, or any agreement, note, memorandum, or writing to the contrary: (1) Whenever an artist or craftsperson, his or her heirs…

No process of attachment, execution, sequestration, replevin, distress, or any kind of seizure shall be served or levied upon any work of fine art while the work is en route to or from, or while on exhibition or deposited by a nonresident exhibitor at any exhibition held under th…

Notwithstanding any provision of any other law to the contrary: (1) Whenever an art merchant, in selling or exchanging a work of fine art, furnishes a certificate of authenticity or any similar written instrument to a buyer of the work who is not an art merchant, it: (i) Shall be…