{"data":{"id":"us-ky/krs-171.830","jurisdiction":"us-ky","citation":"KRS 171.830","heading":"Definitions for KRS 171.830 to 171.849.","body":"As used in KRS 171.830 to 171.849, unless the context otherwise requires:\n(1) \"Loan\" means a deposit of property in a museum not accompanied by a transfer of\ntitle to the property, whether or not such deposit is accompanied by an oral or\nwritten agreement or other documentation;\n(2) \"Museum\" means an institution located in Kentucky and operated by a nonprofit\ncorporation, the Commonwealth of Kentucky, a city, a county, an urban-county, or a\ncharter county, primarily for educational, scientific, aesthetic, h istoric, or\npreservation purposes, and which owns, cares for, exhibits, studies, archives, or\ncatalogues property. Museums shall include, but not be limited to, traditional\nmuseums, historical societies, historic sites or landmarks, parks, monuments, and\nlibraries;\n(3) \"Museum records\" means documents created or held by a museum in its regular\ncourse of business;\n(4) \"Property\" means a tangible object, under a museum's care, which has intrinsic\nhistoric, artistic, scientific, or cultural value; and\n(5) \"Tangible objects\" shall include, but not be limited to, manuscripts, letters,\ncorrespondence, writings, notes, ledgers, accounts, charts, maps, photographs,\ndrawings and similar renderings, and personal property, regardless of the medium in\nwhich an object is held.","path":["KRS Chapter 171"],"source_url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=4871","current_through":"Includes enactments through the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"09/05/2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T20:51:23Z","sha256":"0ba7eb76e3207f6aaf3882cd07edfedb196046495c88fe488d8ed0666e2e1314","source_id":"us-ky","stale":false,"prev":"us-ky/krs-171.822","next":"us-ky/krs-171.833"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}