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Like I would tell you, so you can find the 500 mil
You don't attempt to return the item.

In California .....
Under penal code 484, taking property that has been lost without first making a reasonable effort to find the owner is considered theft


This is just one law probably broke, and there are others that do not permit you to take property you have "found"

In the United States, if the owner of a property has renounced all property rights in the object, then the property is abandoned.[1] Since theft is the unlawful taking of another person's property, an essential element of the actus reus of theft is absent.[2]

The finder of lost property acquires a possessory right by taking physical control of the property, but does not necessarily have ownership of the property. The finder must take reasonable steps to locate the owner.[1] If the finder shows that reasonable steps to find the owner have been taken then the finder may establish that the required mens rea for theft, the intention to deprive the owner permanently, is absent.[2]

An issue may arise when a person takes possession of lost property with the intention of returning it to the owner after inquiry but later converts the property to the finder's use. This is illustrated by Thompson v. Nixon [1965] 3 W.L.R. 501: an off duty police constable found a bag of rabbit food lying by the roadside, took it home intending to hand it in as lost property but some time after decided to keep it for his own use. He was found guilty at first instance but his ultimate appeal to the Divisional Court was upheld. The appellate court held that, at the time of finding, there was no mens rea to support a conviction of larceny.[4]
 
There are plenty of crazy laws to go around. Here are a few examples:

It’s illegal to drive blindfolded in Alabama.

You can’t wash your neighbour’s car without permission in Los Angeles.

It’s illegal to drive while your dog is tethered to your car in Alaska.

You can’t drive a car in reverse in public roads in Arizona.

You’re not allowed to drive a black car on a Sunday in Denver, Colorado.

It’s illegal to run out of gas in Youngstown, Ohio.

A Bingo game cannot last more than five hours in North Carolina. Worse, in this state, it is illegal to be intoxicated while playing Bingo.
 
There are plenty of crazy laws to go around. Here are a few examples:

It’s illegal to drive blindfolded in Alabama.

You can’t wash your neighbour’s car without permission in Los Angeles.

It’s illegal to drive while your dog is tethered to your car in Alaska.

You can’t drive a car in reverse in public roads in Arizona.

You’re not allowed to drive a black car on a Sunday in Denver, Colorado.

It’s illegal to run out of gas in Youngstown, Ohio.

A Bingo game cannot last more than five hours in North Carolina. Worse, in this state, it is illegal to be intoxicated while playing Bingo.


Some laws are just common sense like that Alabama law you mentioned and it's amazing they even felt the need to make such a law, but I guess they don't expect everyone to behave with common sense and in a humane, honest, and reasonable way :roll:

Some laws might be reasonable for health reasons, but I wonder how many people it actually deters and if anyone actually gets ticketed for spitting in a public place -

Virginia law against spitting in public places:

https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/title18.2/chapter7/section18.2-322/
 
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There are plenty of crazy laws to go around. Here are a few examples:

It’s illegal to drive blindfolded in Alabama.

You can’t wash your neighbour’s car without permission in Los Angeles.

It’s illegal to drive while your dog is tethered to your car in Alaska.

You can’t drive a car in reverse in public roads in Arizona.

You’re not allowed to drive a black car on a Sunday in Denver, Colorado.

It’s illegal to run out of gas in Youngstown, Ohio.

A Bingo game cannot last more than five hours in North Carolina. Worse, in this state, it is illegal to be intoxicated while playing Bingo.


With things getting as crazy as they are lately we are probably going to see more laws even crazier than these .
 
I think the lesson is.. if you find something, and are questioned, you tell them your intention were to find the rightful owner.

Ohio has an obscure law regarding treasure trove. The law generally defines treasure trove as gold, silver or money that has been intentionally buried, hidden or concealed. There have not been many cases in Ohio, so the law is unsettled on the matter, but it appears it’s “finders keepers” regarding treasure trove.

If you find buried gold coins while looking for arrowheads, Ohio law may allow you to keep the coins even if you find them on someone else’s land. Obviously, a treasure trove find is rare in Ohio, but it does occasionally happen during a house renovation or something similar where hidden spaces might be discovered
 
This isn't a crazy law. It's used all the time.

We had a waitress at my bar find a wallet, she did not tell us, she got busted. Funny thing is, the owner of the wallet rented his house off the JUDGE!

She got hammered.


She should have hired Saul Goodman as her Lawyer . Perhaps the Judge should have reclused himself due to a conflict in interest ? Who found out she found the wallet and kept it ?
 
She should have hired Saul Goodman as her Lawyer . Perhaps the Judge should have reclused himself due to a conflict in interest ? Who found out she found the wallet and kept it ?


Customer came in, asked if we saw a wallet. We reviewed the security cameras when he was it, saw he dropped it. 1 min later, she walks by and picks it up, and takes it to her car.

We caught her red handed, showed her the video, she claimed it was "garbage" she picked up. Story didn't fly with the judge or police.

Maybe if she was not a bum, she would have had $ saved up to hire a reputable attorney to ask for the judge to step aside!
 
This isn't a crazy law. It's used all the time.

We had a waitress at my bar find a wallet, she did not tell us, she got busted. Funny thing is, the owner of the wallet rented his house off the JUDGE!

She got hammered.

Don't tell me that man was carrying that pesky Drivers license in that wallet and had to spend TIME having it replaced. :lol:
 
I disagree where you state
"3) The police are under no obligation to tell you who claimed it. D/t privacy laws.'

Open records laws usually make it mandatory for that information to be available, as long as it's not part of an ongoing investigation...0

Go ahead and ask. I'm sure they will tell you just what they need to. You'll never know the difference anyway.
 
Even if there was 100 tons of gold there, is there any legal grounds for the person who finds it, to be entitled to any of it?

Probably not and if there were , there would probably be a way the powers that be would screw him out of it . He'd be lucky if he was rewarded A Double Whopper and fries or if unlucky , get planted in the hole the Gold came out of .
 
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