Montana Code 22-3-509. Notice of injury or loss
22-3-509. Notice of injury or loss. (1) A museum shall give a lender prompt notice of any known injury to or loss of property on loan.
Terms Used In Montana Code 22-3-509
- Loan: means a deposit of property not accompanied by a transfer of title to the property. See Montana Code 22-3-503
- Museum: means an institution located in Montana and operated by a nonprofit corporation or a public agency primarily for educational, scientific, or aesthetic purposes, and that owns, borrows, or cares for and exhibits, studies, or catalogs property. See Montana Code 22-3-503
- Property: includes any tangible object, animate or inanimate, that has intrinsic historic, artistic, scientific, or cultural value. See Montana Code 22-3-503
- Writing: includes printing. See Montana Code 1-1-203
(2)A notice of injury or loss must contain the lender’s name, the lender’s most recent address as shown on the museum’s records, the date of the loan, and the name, address, and telephone number of the appropriate office or official to be contacted at the museum for information regarding the loan.
(3)If the museum is unable to give the lender the notice required by this section by mail, the museum shall publish the notice as provided in 22-3-505 and in addition shall include a statement containing substantially the following information:
The records of
(name of museum)
indicate that you have property on loan to it. Your failure to notify it in writing of a change of address or ownership may result in the loss of rights in the loaned property. See 22-3-507, MCA.