171.830 Definitions for KRS 171.830 to 171.849. - Kentucky Statutes

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Page 1 of 1 171.830 Definitions for KRS 171.830 to 171.849. As used in KRS 171.830 to 171.849, unless the context otherwise requires:
(1) "Loan" means a deposit of property in a museum not accompanied by a transfer of title to the property, whether or not such deposit is accompanied by an oral or
written agreement or other documentation; (2) "Museum" means an institution located in Kentucky and operated by a nonprofit corporation, the Commonwealth of Kentucky, a city, a county, an urban-county, or a
charter county, primarily for educational, scientific, aesthetic, historic, or
preservation purposes, and which owns, cares for, exhibits, studies, archives, or
catalogues property. Museums shall include, but not be limited to, traditional
museums, historical societies, historic sites or landmarks, parks, monuments, and
libraries; (3) "Museum records" means documents created or held by a museum in its regular course of business; (4) "Property" means a tangible object, under a museum's care, which has intrinsic historic, artistic, scientific, or cultural value; and (5) "Tangible objects" shall include, but not be limited to, manuscripts, letters, correspondence, writings, notes, ledgers, accounts, charts, maps, photographs,
drawings and similar renderings, and personal property, regardless of the medium in
which an object is held. Effective: July 15, 1996
History: Created 1996 Ky. Acts ch. 368, sec. 1, effective July 15, 1996.