Spain

Article twenty-eight

1. Declared movable property of cultural interest and those included in the General Inventory that are in the possession of ecclesiastical institutions, in any of its establishments or dependencies, may not be transmitted for an onerous or gratuitous title or be assigned to individuals or mercantile entities. Said assets may only be alienated or assigned to the State, Public Law entities or other ecclesiastical institutions.

2. The movable property that forms part of the Spanish Historical Heritage may not be alienated by the Public Administrations, except for the transmissions that they make between themselves and the provisions of articles 29 and 34 of this Law.

3. The goods referred to in this article shall be imprescriptible. In no case shall the provisions of article 1.955 of the Civil Code be applied to these goods.

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Article twenty-nine

1. The property belonging to the Spanish Historical Heritage that is exported without the authorization required by article 5 of this Law belongs to the State. These goods are inalienable and imprescriptible.

2. It is the responsibility of the State Administration to carry out the acts leading to the total recovery of illegally exported goods.

3. When the previous owner accredits the previous loss or theft of the illegally exported property, it may request its assignment from the State, obliging itself to pay the amount of the expenses derived from its recovery, and, in its case, the refund of the price that would have satisfied the State to the purchaser in good faith. The loss or theft of the illegally exported property will be presumed when the previous owner was a Public Law Entity.

4. The assets recovered and not transferred will be assigned to a public center, following a report from the Historical Heritage Council.