Minnesota § 345.73 - ACQUIRING TITLE TO UNDOCUMENTED PROPERTY
Full text of Minnesota Minnesota Statutes § 345.73 — ACQUIRING TITLE TO UNDOCUMENTED PROPERTY, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 345.73. ACQUIRING TITLE TO UNDOCUMENTED PROPERTY
Subdivision 1.Acquisition.
Property in the possession of a museum or archives repository which the museum or archives repository has reason to believe may be on loan and, for which the museum or archives repository does not know the owner, or have any reasonable means of determining the owner, becomes the property of the museum or archives repository if no person has claimed the property within seven years after the museum or archives repository took possession of the property. The museum or archives repository becomes the owner of the property on the day after the seven-year period ends, and after following the notification process outlined in subdivision 2, free from all claims.
Subd. 2.Notification.
The museum or archives repository that wishes to acquire title to undocumented property described in subdivision 1 shall provide public notice in the manner described in section 345.72.
Subd. 3.Presumption of gift to museum.
Effective August 1, 2004, property that: (1) is found in or on property controlled by the museum; (2) is from an unknown source; and (3) might reasonably be assumed to have been intended as a gift to the museum, is conclusively presumed to be a gift to the museum if ownership of the property is not claimed by a person within 90 days of its discovery.
History:
Official Publication of the State of Minnesota
Revisor of Statutes
Source: official Minnesota text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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What does Minnesota Statutes § 345.73 cover?
Section 345.73 ("ACQUIRING TITLE TO UNDOCUMENTED PROPERTY") is part of the Minnesota Statutes, the codified statutory law of Minnesota. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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