Federal · Title 18 — Crimes and Criminal Procedure
18 U.S.C. § 668: Theft of major artwork
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is situated in the United States; is established for an essentially educational or aesthetic purpose; has a professional staff; and owns, utilizes, and cares for tangible objects that are exhibited to the public on a regular schedule. over 100 years old and worth in excess of $5,000; or worth at least $100,000. steals or obtains by fraud from the care, custody, or control of a museum any object of cultural heritage; or knowing that an object of cultural heritage has been stolen or obtained by fraud, if in fact the object was stolen or obtained from the care, custody, or control of a museum (whether or not that fact is known to the person), receives, conceals, exhibits, or disposes of the object,
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