2025 Oklahoma Statutes
Title 60. Property
§60-2002. Museums — Legal title to undocumented property — Requirements.

A. A museum may acquire legal title to undocumented property held by a museum for seven (7) years or longer, verifiable through written records, with no valid claim or contact by any person in the following manner:

1. The museum shall publish a notice by publication in a newspaper of record in the county of the museum. This notice shall include:

• a.brief and general description of the property,
• b.the date or approximate date of the acquisition by the museum, if known,
• c.notice of the intent of the museum to claim title if no valid claims are made within ninety (90) days from the date of the first notice, and
• d.the name and address of the museum representative to contact for more information or to make a claim; and

2. If no valid claims have been made by the end of ninety (90) days, the museum shall publish a second notice. This second notice shall include:

• a.a brief and general description of the property,
• b.the date or approximate date of the acquisition by the museum, if known,
• c.notice that the museum claims title to the property as of the date described in subparagraph c of paragraph 1 of this subsection, and
• d.the name and address of the museum representative to contact for more information or to make a claim.

B. On compliance with subsection A of this section clear and unrestricted title is transferred to the museum as of the date described in subparagraph c of paragraph 1 of subsection A of this section.

Added by Laws 2025, c. 120, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 2025.