Rhode Island General Laws 34-44.1-4. Maintenance of records
On or after the effective date of this chapter, each museum shall maintain a record of all property on loan to the museum which shall include, if known, the name and address of the lender and the dates that the property is to be on loan to the museum and a copy of the loan agreement for the property. The museum shall provide a copy of the record and the loan agreement to the lender of property at the time that the lender makes the loan of property to the museum. If a museum is notified of a change in ownership of any property on loan to the museum, the museum shall create a new record for the property and update the existing loan agreement and shall provide a written copy of the new record and the updated loan agreement to the new owner of the property. A museum shall retain all written records regarding property acquired under this chapter for at least ten (10) years from the date that the museum acquired title to the property or until dissolution of the museum, whichever occurs first.
History of Section.
P.L. 2013, ch. 160, § 1; P.L. 2013, ch. 219, § 1.
Terms Used In Rhode Island General Laws 34-44.1-4
- Museum: means an organized and permanent nonprofit or public institution in Rhode Island operated by, or a division of, a nonprofit corporation, trust, association, educational institution, or public agency, that is primarily educational, scientific, historic, or aesthetic in purpose, and that owns, borrows, cares for, studies, archives, or exhibits property. See Rhode Island General Laws 34-44.1-1
- Property: means any tangible object in the possession of and under a museum's care that has intrinsic educational, scientific, historical, artistic, aesthetic, or cultural value, excluding the property of any agency or public body as defined in § 38-1-1. See Rhode Island General Laws 34-44.1-1