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This law was first created in 2002. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 883<\/a> of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. It has been modified 1 time. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. That modification is as follows: in 2019, chapter 712<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":82119,"section_number":"55.1-2603","catch_line":"Status of title to property acquired from museum","order_by":null,"url":"\/55.1-2603\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":58539,"section_number":"55.1-2500","catch_line":"Definitions","order_by":null,"url":"\/55.1-2500\/"},{"id":69945,"section_number":"55.1-2604","catch_line":"Notice of termination of loan; content of notice","order_by":null,"url":"\/55.1-2604\/"},{"id":63124,"section_number":"64.2-200","catch_line":"Course of descents generally; right of Commonwealth if no other heir","order_by":null,"url":"\/64.2-200\/"}],"permalink":{"id":248141,"object_type":"law","relational_id":61149,"identifier":"55.1-2601","token":"55.1\/V\/26\/55.1-2601","url":"\/55.1-2601\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/55.1-2601\/","token":"55.1\/V\/26\/55.1-2601","dublin_core":{"Title":"Status of loaned property; statute of limitations on recovery","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 55.1-2601","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> Except as may be otherwise provided in a written agreement between a lender and a museum<\/span>, no action shall be brought against a museum<\/span> to recover loaned property<\/span> when more than five years have passed from (i) the receipt by the museum<\/span> of written communication concerning the loaned property<\/span> or (ii) any display of interest in the property by the lender as evidenced by a memorandum<\/span> or other record on file prepared by an employee of the museum<\/span>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> Loaned property<\/span> shall be deemed to have been donated to the museum<\/span> if no action to recover the property is initiated within one year after the museum<\/span> gives notice of termination of the loan as provided in §§ 55.1-2604<\/a> and 55.1-2605<\/a>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

C.<\/span> Loaned property<\/span> shall not be delivered to the Commonwealth, and shall be exempt from the provisions of Chapter 25 (§ 55.1-2500<\/a> et seq.), but shall pass to the museum<\/span> if no person takes action under Chapter 2 (§ 64.2-200<\/a> et seq.) of Title 64.2. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nSTATUS OF LOANED PROPERTY; STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS ON RECOVERY (\u00a7 55.1-2601)\n\nA. Except as may be otherwise provided in a written agreement between a lender\nand a museum, no action shall be brought against a museum to recover loaned\nproperty when more than five years have passed from (i) the receipt by the\nmuseum of written communication concerning the loaned property or (ii) any\ndisplay of interest in the property by the lender as evidenced by a memorandum\nor other record on file prepared by an employee of the museum.\n\nB. Loaned property shall be deemed to have been donated to the museum if no\naction to recover the property is initiated within one year after the museum\ngives notice of termination of the loan as provided in §§ 55.1-2604\nand 55.1-2605.\n\nC. Loaned property shall not be delivered to the Commonwealth, and shall be\nexempt from the provisions of Chapter 25 (§ 55.1-2500 et seq.), but shall\npass to the museum if no person takes action under Chapter 2 (§ 64.2-200 et\nseq.) of Title 64.2.\n\nHISTORY: 2002, c. 883, \u00a7 55-210.32; 2019, c. 712.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}