N.Y. PAR Law § 19.13

§ 19.13 Definitions. As used in this article:\n 1. "Claimant" means a person who asserts ownership or some other legal\nright to undocumented property held by the office.\n 2. "Loan" means a deposit of property with the office not accompanied\nby a transfer to the office of title to the property.\n 3. "Lender" means a person whose name appears on the records of the\noffice as the person legally entitled to, or claiming to be legally\nentitled to, property held by the office or, if deceased, the legal\nheirs of such person.\n 4. "Lender's address" means the most recent address for the lender\nshown on the office's records pertaining to the property on loan, or if\nthe lender is deceased, the last known address of the legal heirs of\nsuch lender.\n 5. "Office" means the state office of parks, recreation and historic\npreservation and those facilities including historic sites as defined in\nsection 1.03 of this chapter which: (a) are under the jurisdiction of\nthe office; (b) are operated primarily for educational, cultural,\nscientific, historic, or aesthetic purposes; and (c) own, borrow, care\nfor, exhibit, study, archive or catalogue property.\n 6. "Permanent loan" means a loan of property to the office for an\nunspecified period.\n 7. "Property" means any inanimate object, document or tangible object\nunder the office's care which has intrinsic historic, artistic,\nscientific, or cultural value.\n 8. "Undocumented property" means property in the possession of the\noffice for which the office cannot determine the owner by reference to\nits records.\n 9. "Deaccession" means the permanent removal or disposal of an object\nfrom the collection of the office by virtue of its sale, exchange,\ndonation or transfer in accordance with the provisions of section 19.29\nof this article.\n 10. "Conservation measures" means any actions taken to preserve or\nstabilize a property including, but not limited to, proper storage\nsupport, cleaning, proper lighting, and restoration.\n