If you only claimed title to the 3000 objects and didn't accession them,
then technically you don't need to go through your museum's deaccession
process.   I, however,  would suggest you check with either upper
administration or Board of Trustees to see if they interpret your policy the
same way.   BTW the law does not recognize accessioned versus
non-accessioned -- that's just an internal distinction subject to each
museum's own policy.  The law only looks at legal title and whether what you
do complies with your Board approved policy.

Janice Klein
Director
Mitchell Museum of the American Indian
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-----Original Message-----
From: Stacy Jensen <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Tuesday, November 07, 2000 12:22 PM
Subject: Deaccessioning Abandoned Property


>In 1998 we claimed a little over 3000 objects under the Abandoned Property
>Law of Colorado.  We are currently looking at removing some of these
objects
>from our collection. When we claimed them as abandoned property we
>essentially acquired title for all 3000 objects.  Do these objects need to
>go through the same deaccessioned process as other objects that were
donated
>as gifts with a valid, legal, title?  Or does a seperate form need to be
>created for the removal of abandoned property objects from the permanent
>collection?
>
>Thanks,
>Stacy Jensen
>Collection Manager
>Aspen Historical Society
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