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Section 345.75 — Abandoned Tangible Personal Property.

345.75 ABANDONED TANGIBLE PERSONAL PROPERTY. The ownership of abandoned tangible personal property that is not subject to any other provision of statute may be transferred as provided by this section. If property has not been removed within six months after it comes into the possession of a person, it is abandoned and shall become the […]

Section 345.72 — Acquiring Title To Abandoned Property.

345.72 ACQUIRING TITLE TO ABANDONED PROPERTY. Subdivision 1. Acquisition. Property loaned to a museum or archives repository whose loan has an expiration date is abandoned when there has not been written contact between the owner and the museum or archives repository for at least seven years after that expiration date. If the loan has no […]

Section 345.73 — Acquiring Title To Undocumented Property.

345.73 ACQUIRING TITLE TO UNDOCUMENTED PROPERTY. Subdivision 1. Acquisition. Property in the possession of a museum or archives repository which the museum or archives repository has reason to believe may be on loan and, for which the museum or archives repository does not know the owner, or have any reasonable means of determining the owner, […]

Section 345.74 — Conservation Of Museum Property.

345.74 CONSERVATION OF MUSEUM PROPERTY. Subdivision 1. Protection of loaned property. Unless there is a written loan agreement to the contrary, a museum may apply conservation measures to property on loan to the museum without the lender’s permission or formal notice if action is required to protect the property on loan or other property in […]

Section 345.53 — Examination Of Records.

345.53 EXAMINATION OF RECORDS. Subdivision 1. Commissioner’s duties. The commissioner may at reasonable times and upon reasonable notice examine the records of any person if there is reason to believe that the person has failed to report property that should have been reported pursuant to sections 345.31 to 345.60. Subd. 2. Examination charges. If an […]

Section 345.54 — Proceeding To Compel Delivery Of Abandoned Property.

345.54 PROCEEDING TO COMPEL DELIVERY OF ABANDONED PROPERTY. If any person refuses to deliver property to the commissioner as required under sections 345.31 to 345.60, or pay the interest provided for by section 345.55, subdivision 3, the commissioner may bring an action in a court of appropriate jurisdiction to enforce such delivery or payment. History: […]

Section 345.55 — Penalties.

345.55 PENALTIES. Subdivision 1. Misdemeanor. Any person who willfully fails to render any report or perform other duties required under sections 345.31 to 345.60, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. Subd. 2. Gross misdemeanor. Any person who willfully refuses to pay or deliver abandoned property to the commissioner as required under sections 345.31 to 345.60 […]

Section 345.56 — Rules.

345.56 RULES. The commissioner is hereby authorized to make necessary rules to carry out the provisions of sections 345.31 to 345.60. History: 1969 c 725 s 26; 1983 c 301 s 234; 1985 c 248 s 70

Section 345.57 — Effect Of Laws Of Other States.

345.57 EFFECT OF LAWS OF OTHER STATES. Sections 345.31 to 345.60 shall not apply to any property that has been presumed abandoned or escheated under the laws of another state prior to July 1, 1969. History: 1969 c 725 s 27

Section 345.58 — Cutoff Date.

345.58 CUTOFF DATE. Except as to property required to be reported pursuant to Minnesota Statutes 1967, sections 48.521 to 48.528, sections 345.31 to 345.60 shall not apply to property otherwise subject to sections 345.31 to 345.60 which became due or payable or which was in the possession of the holder before January 1, 1944. History: […]