§ 2611. — Certain material and articles exempt from this chapter.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 19USC2611]
TITLE 19--CUSTOMS DUTIES
CHAPTER 14--CONVENTION ON CULTURAL PROPERTY
Sec. 2611. Certain material and articles exempt from this
chapter
The provisions of this chapter shall not apply to--
(1) any archaeological or ethnological material or any article
of cultural property which is imported into the United States for
temporary exhibition or display if such material or article is
immune from seizure under judicial process pursuant to section 2459
of title 22; or
(2) any designated archaeological or ethnological material or
any article of cultural property imported into the United States if
such material or article--
(A) has been held in the United States for a period of not
less than three consecutive years by a recognized museum or
religious or secular monument or similar institution, and was
purchased by that institution for value, in good faith, and
without notice that such material or article was imported in
violation of this chapter, but only if--
(i) the acquisition of such material or article has been
reported in a publication of such institution, any regularly
published newspaper or periodical with a circulation of at
least fifty thousand, or a periodical or exhibition catalog
which is concerned with the type of article or materials
sought to be exempted from this chapter,
(ii) such material or article has been exhibited to the
public for a period or periods aggregating at least one year
during such three-year period, or
(iii) such article or material has been cataloged and
the catalog material made available upon request to the
public for at least two years during such three-year period;
(B) if subparagraph (A) does not apply, has been within the
United States for a period of not less than ten consecutive
years and has been exhibited for not less than five years during
such period in a recognized museum or religious or secular
monument or similar institution in the Unites \1\ States open to
the public; or
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(C) if subparagraphs (A) and (B) do not apply, has been
within the United States for a period of not less than ten
consecutive years and the State Party concerned has received or
should have received during such period fair notice (through
such adequate and accessible publication, or other means, as the
Secretary shall by regulation prescribe) of its location within
the United States; and
(D) if none of the preceding subparagraphs apply, has been
within the United States for a period of not less than twenty
consecutive years and the claimant establishes that it purchased
the material or article for value without knowledge or reason to
believe that it was imported in violation of law.
(Pub. L. 97-446, title III, Sec. 312, Jan. 12, 1983, 96 Stat. 2362.)
