Any property that, on or after the effective date of this section, is delivered to a museum or left on museum property, is not solicited by the museum, is from an unknown source, and might reasonably be assumed to have been intended as a gift to the museum, shall conclusively be presumed to be a gift to the museum, if there is no claim of ownership to the property within ninety days after the museum receives or otherwise discovers the property.

Terms Used In Ohio Code 3385.07

  • Gift: A voluntary transfer or conveyance of property without consideration, or for less than full and adequate consideration based on fair market value.
  • Museum: includes , but is not limited to, historical societies, historic sites or landmarks, parks, monuments, libraries, arboreta, and zoos. See Ohio Code 3385.01
  • Property: means any tangible, nonliving object in a museum's possession that has intrinsic historic, artistic, scientific, educational, or cultural value. See Ohio Code 3385.01

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