2005 Minnesota Statutes

     345.74 Conservation of museum property. 

    Subdivision 1.    Protection of loaned property.  Unless 
 there is a written loan agreement to the contrary, a museum may 
 apply conservation measures to property on loan to the museum 
 without the lender's permission or formal notice if action is 
 required to protect the property on loan or other property in 
 the custody of the museum, or the property on loan is a hazard 
 to the health and safety of the public or the museum staff, and 
 either: 

    (1) the museum is unable to reach the lender at the 
 lender's last known address within three days before the time 
 the museum determines action is necessary; or 

    (2) the lender does not respond or will not agree to the 
 protective measures the museum recommends and does not terminate 
 the loan and retrieve the property within three days. 

    Subd. 2.    Lien.  If a museum applies conservation 
 measures to property under this section, or with the agreement 
 of the lender, unless the agreement provides otherwise, the 
 museum acquires a lien on the property in the amount of the 
 costs incurred by the museum. 

    Subd. 3.    Liability.  The museum is not liable for 
 injury to or loss of the property if the museum: 

    (1) had a reasonable belief at the time the action was 
 taken that the action was necessary to protect the property on 
 loan or other property in the custody of the museum, or that the 
 property on loan was a hazard to the health and safety of the 
 public or the museum staff; and 

    (2) exercised reasonable care in the choice and application 
 of conservation measures. 

    HIST: 2004 c 213 s 5