Legal Question in Real Estate Law in Virginia

Is there a law in Virginia that if someone finds cash in a public place with no way of identifying the owner, the finder must give it to police? If such a law exists, is there a dollar amount at which the finder faces punishment if they don't turn it in, or is even one cent technically subject to the law (if it exists, which I'm also asking)?


Asked on 2/16/12, 10:21 am

1 Answer from Attorneys
Michael Hendrickson Law Office Michael E. Hendrickson

No, I am not aware of any law in the

Commonwealth which legally obligates a finder

of such cash to turn it over to police.

Such is generally regarded as a matter for the individual conscience

of the finder (as far as I am aware) who hopefully will be motivated

to do the right thing. (And, yes, in my view that means turning

it over to the police.)

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Answered on 2/18/12, 9:23 am


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