Quote:

I'm pretty sure bags of money in the attic would not automatically convey here. Whether it was abandoned or not is another issue. And I think some states don't allow finders to keep the money anyway, on the theory if they did no one would ever try to contact the rightful owner?





Certainly all these things are state to state, locality to locality. I know in NY - where I lived as a kid - if you turn anything in as found after a # of days [90-120], and it goes unclaimed: it's yours.

Filing a report that it was lost or stolen counts as a "claim". So the police attempt to match the rare "found" articles to those under report. If there are none, the police contact you to pick it up. If you don't pick it up in the time window they give you, it's theirs.

Obviously, the more valuable the item the more time the police spend to find the real owner. But if the time expires and it is unclaimed, it's yours!

[But if you didn't turn it in to begin with, it would be yours without the possible cross-claim and the necessity of income taxes ... just saying ... ]
_________________________
Amo i Gemelli!! wink