Oklahoma § 60-2001 - Definitions

§ 60-2001. Definitions

As used in this act:

1. "Lender" means a person whose name appears on the records of

the museum as the person legally entitled to property held or on

loan to the museum;

2. "Lender's last-known address" means a description of the

physical or mailing address of the lender, as shown on the museum's

records pertaining to the property on loan from the lender, which is

sufficient for the purpose of delivering mail;

3. "Loan", "loaned", and "on loan" means all deposits of

property with a museum which are not accompanied by a transfer of

title to the property;

4. "Museum" means an organization which uses a professional

staff or the equivalent, whether paid or unpaid, that is primarily

engaged in the acquisition, care, and exhibition to the public of

objects, interactive displays, or exhibits owned or used by the

institution. Further, a museum is understood to possess a variety

of the following characteristics:

a.

is organized on a permanent or regular basis for

essentially educational or aesthetic purposes,

b.

owns or uses tangible objects, either animate or

inanimate,

c.

cares for these objects,

d.

exhibits these objects to the general public on a

regular basis at or in a facility which it owns or

operates, and

e.

provides educational and cultural programming;

5. "Person" means an individual, association, trust

partnership, corporation or similar organization having a legal

interest in property in the possession of a museum;

6. "Property" means all tangible objects, animate and

inanimate, under a museum's care which have intrinsic scientific,

historic, artistic, or cultural value; and

7. "Undocumented property" means property in the possession of

a museum for which the museum cannot determine the person with legal

interest by referencing the museum's records.

Added by Laws 2025, c. 120, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2025.

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 60. Property