Maryland Code, Commercial Law § 17-401

(a) In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated.

(b) “Address of the lender” means the most recent address of a lender as shown on the museum's records pertaining to property on loan from the lender.

(d) “Lender” means a person whose name appears on the records of a museum as the person legally entitled to, or claiming to be legally entitled to, property held by the museum.

(e) “Loan” means a deposit of property not accompanied by a transfer of title to that property.

(f) “Museum” means an institution located in the State that:

(g) “Permanent loan” means a loan of property to a museum for an indefinite period.

(h) “Property” means a tangible object under a museum's care that has intrinsic historic, artistic, scientific, or cultural value.

(i) “Undocumented property” means property in the possession of a museum for which the museum cannot determine the owner by reference to the museum's records.

(j) “Unsolicited donation” means any property that is left in the control of a museum that is from an unknown source and can be reasonably assumed to have been intended as a gift to the museum.