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QUESTION: What is the statutory procedure to be followed by a police department in regard to disposition of lost bicycles found by department personnel or turned in to the department?

SUMMARY: Other than the limited provisions of s. 715.01, F. S., there is no general law in Florida providing any procedure to be followed in disposing of lost (rather than abandoned or derelict) personal property which is found by, or turned in to, a local police department. In the absence of statutory procedures, the principles of the common law of property govern lost personal property and the property rights…