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Old 05-11-11, 04:20 PM   #3
Platapus
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Originally Posted by GoldenRivet View Post
because im pretty sure many municipalities have laws indicating that a person who finds money laying about and turns it over to the authorities, if nobody claims it within a given time frame, the money is awarded to the person who found it and turned it in.

i believe these laws were originally created to give people incentive to turn it over to the authorities.

My point is that this is not a universal concept and that not all municipalities have this law.
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