Fun fact. If you find money or valuables and no way to find the owner. Take it to the police department, and after 3 months or so it becomes your property if no one claims it. At least in the US.
I tried that with a ring. They never filled the paperwork to release it back to me and instead sold it at auction and kept the proceeds.
I was a young teenager, and my dad was trying to use this as a lesson about doing the right thing. We both learned a lesson, but it wasn’t the one he expected.
Fun fact. If you find money or valuables and no way to find the owner. Take it to the police department, and after 3 months or so it becomes your property if no one claims it. At least in the US.
I tried that with a ring. They never filled the paperwork to release it back to me and instead sold it at auction and kept the proceeds.
I was a young teenager, and my dad was trying to use this as a lesson about doing the right thing. We both learned a lesson, but it wasn’t the one he expected.
Don’t worry the police department will claim it themselves
Those $3k were selling crack and blow! We’ll take them away
Three Months later:
“Here’s your $20, citizen. Thank you for your honesty.”