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Police have no authority ...
Posted by: Glenn_MacGrady on Nov-15-12 1:31 PM (EST)

... to determine who owns something. They only deal with whether something is a crime. It may not be a crime to keep something you find, the the real owner may still have civil claims against you.

Many or most states have statutes on this kind of thing. I have no idea what they say in NH.

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