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<section article="gcl" article_name="Commercial Law" number="17-405" title_number="17" title_name="Disposition of Abandoned Property" subtitle_number="4" subtitle_name="Abandoned Property in Possession of a Museum">
  <level label="a">
    <text>Unless there is an agreement otherwise between the museum and the lender, a museum may apply conservation measures to property on loan to the museum without receiving the lender’s permission or giving the lender formal notice if:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Action is required to protect the property on loan or other property in the custody of the museum; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The property on loan is a hazard to the health and safety of the public or the museum staff.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>If a museum applies conservation measures to property under this section or with the agreement of the lender, unless the agreement provides otherwise, the museum:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Acquires a lien on the property in the amount of the cost of the conservation measures incurred by the museum; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Is not liable for injury to or loss of the property if the museum:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Had a reasonable belief at the time the conservation measure action was taken that the action was necessary to protect the property on loan or other property in the custody of the museum, or that the property on loan was a hazard to the health and safety of the public or the museum staff; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Exercised reasonable care in the choice and application of conservation measures.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
