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Is it finders keepers if you are in a shop?
I just had an interesting talk with my daughter who told me just found a pound in the shop and this reminded me about a question that I had long ago.
If you find money in a shop who does it legally belong to? You, the owner of the shop or maybe a past customer? Are you still obligated to take it down to the police station and report it, if so is there a minimum as I'm not sure the police would like you to waste their time filling out a lot of paperwork everytime you found a penny.
If you find money in a shop who does it legally belong to? You, the owner of the shop or maybe a past customer? Are you still obligated to take it down to the police station and report it, if so is there a minimum as I'm not sure the police would like you to waste their time filling out a lot of paperwork everytime you found a penny.
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.sophie_1003 because you work there maybe you would have to declare that first otherwise it could be seen as theft especially if someone came back in saying that they lost the 50p you've just put in the charity box.
Redcrx so the best thing would be to go to the police station and maybe be in front of someone for half an hour filling out paperwork whilst the person that's behind you waits to report a more serious crime?
Do morals and the law become a little mixed up if the money found is really low, I mean most people even if they lost a pound wouldn't report it or expect to get it back, right?
Redcrx so the best thing would be to go to the police station and maybe be in front of someone for half an hour filling out paperwork whilst the person that's behind you waits to report a more serious crime?
Do morals and the law become a little mixed up if the money found is really low, I mean most people even if they lost a pound wouldn't report it or expect to get it back, right?
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Understood redcrx so found money is never yours unless you have a made a full report to the police and waited for a claimant who if never claims the lost money becomes yours right? Ok, so if you find money in the shop and the shopkeeper sees you and then asks for it and you don't trust them to do this can you refuse to give it to them saying that you want to take it to the police station? This could cause an altercation especially if it is a large amount, so what to do?
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