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SECTION 19.13
Definitions
Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation (PAR) CHAPTER 36-B, TITLE C, ARTICLE 19-A
§ 19.13 Definitions. As used in this article:

1. "Claimant" means a person who asserts ownership or some other legal
right to undocumented property held by the office.

2. "Loan" means a deposit of property with the office not accompanied
by a transfer to the office of title to the property.

3. "Lender" means a person whose name appears on the records of the
office as the person legally entitled to, or claiming to be legally
entitled to, property held by the office or, if deceased, the legal
heirs of such person.

4. "Lender's address" means the most recent address for the lender
shown on the office's records pertaining to the property on loan, or if
the lender is deceased, the last known address of the legal heirs of
such lender.

5. "Office" means the state office of parks, recreation and historic
preservation and those facilities including historic sites as defined in
section 1.03 of this chapter which: (a) are under the jurisdiction of
the office; (b) are operated primarily for educational, cultural,
scientific, historic, or aesthetic purposes; and (c) own, borrow, care
for, exhibit, study, archive or catalogue property.

6. "Permanent loan" means a loan of property to the office for an
unspecified period.

7. "Property" means any inanimate object, document or tangible object
under the office's care which has intrinsic historic, artistic,
scientific, or cultural value.

8. "Undocumented property" means property in the possession of the
office for which the office cannot determine the owner by reference to
its records.

9. "Deaccession" means the permanent removal or disposal of an object
from the collection of the office by virtue of its sale, exchange,
donation or transfer in accordance with the provisions of section 19.29
of this article.

10. "Conservation measures" means any actions taken to preserve or
stabilize a property including, but not limited to, proper storage
support, cleaning, proper lighting, and restoration.