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I was helping my friends kids do a park clean up and one of them found a large wad of cash (less than $200). I told the one who found it that I need to check with the police before she can have it, just in case it belongs to someone in need.

But is that a thing? I didn't want to say she could keep it right away because I want to set a good example. But it isn't a ton of money so I assume the police would not be interested. So what do?

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[–] [email protected] 24 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

Where do you live? That matters, unless you're just asking from an ethics perspective. I'm not asking you to dox yourself, country/state is plenty.

Assuming you're Canadian(based off your instance being lemmy.ca) technically speaking you should report in to the police, and they'll hold it for 6 months. After that if someone hasn't claimed it you're free to claim it yourself. At least in Vancouver. Maybe the laws are different in other parts of Canada. Your local police probably have a non-emergency number for pretty much exactly this purpose if you wanna double check.

Realistically, it's not even $200. Probably keep it for a week or two and then tell the kid the cops couldn't find the original owner.

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

Bruh it's $200. Just let her keep it lol. Not like it was $200K. The police won't give a single fuck about $200. The cop would probably just pocket that anyway.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 week ago

I agree with this. It's cash. If I handed it in and the police called and told me they found the rightful owner I'm not sure I'd even believe them. Let the girl keep it!

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago (6 children)

No clue where your downvote is from but there isn't a single cop who wouldn't pocked $200 lol. Don't give it to the kid though, OP. Take the group out for ice cream or something and pay yourself for your time spent cleaning the park.

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[–] [email protected] 63 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (14 children)

I would say, put a reasonable effort into finding the owner. If the owner cannot be found, it's finders keepers.

Key thing about trying to find owners of lost things: You cannot just say 'is this your $200'. You need to do something more like, 'I'm trying to find the owner of some lost money' and if they claim it is theirs, ask them how much it was. This way you filter out grifters.

I would also say going to the police over $200 is well beyond reasonable effort. It just isn't enough money to justify using their time.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 week ago (2 children)

$200 bucks is definitely worth trying to find the owner. That could be someone’s week of grocery money

I’d say 50-100 or less don’t even try.

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