2019 Texas Statutes
Property Code
Title 6A - Property Loaned to Museums
Chapter 80 - Ownership, Conservation, and Disposition of Property Loaned to Museum
Section 80.007. Action to Recover Property; Limitations
Sec. 80.007. ACTION TO RECOVER PROPERTY; LIMITATIONS. (a) The two-year limitation on actions to recover personal property prescribed by Section 16.003, Civil Practice and Remedies Code, runs from the date the museum gives the lender notice of its intent to terminate the loan under Section 80.005.
(b) No action may be brought against a museum to recover property on loan to a museum for 15 years or more and to which no person has made claim if the museum has complied with Section 80.004.
(c) A lender is considered to have donated loaned property to a museum if the lender fails to file an action to recover the property on loan to the museum within the period specified by Subsection (a).
(d) A person who purchases property from a museum acquires valid title to the property if the museum represents that it has acquired title to the property under Subsection (b) or (c).
Added by Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 1076, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.
