Section 17-401 - Definitions(a) In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated.(b) "Address of the lender" means the most recent address of a lender as shown on the museum's records pertaining to property on loan from the lender.(c)(1) "Conservation measure" means any action taken toward the long-term preservation of property.(2) "Conservation measure" includes examination, documentation, treatment, and preventive care of property, supported by research and education.(d) "Lender" means a person whose name appears on the records of a museum as the person legally entitled to, or claiming to be legally entitled to, property held by the museum.(e) "Loan" means a deposit of property not accompanied by a transfer of title to that property.(f) "Museum" means an institution located in the State that:(1) Is operated by a person primarily for education, scientific, historic preservation, or aesthetic purposes; and(2) Owns, borrows, cares for, exhibits, studies, archives, or catalogs property.(g) "Permanent loan" means a loan of property to a museum for an indefinite period.(h) "Property" means a tangible object under a museum's care that has intrinsic historic, artistic, scientific, or cultural value.(i) "Undocumented property" means property in the possession of a museum for which the museum cannot determine the owner by reference to the museum's records.(j) "Unsolicited donation" means any property that is left in the control of a museum that is from an unknown source and can be reasonably assumed to have been intended as a gift to the museum.Added by 2020 Md. Laws, Ch. 29, Sec. 1, eff. 10/1/2020.Added by 2020 Md. Laws, Ch. 28, Sec. 1, eff. 10/1/2020.