Follow up on the Theft of Lost Property statute....I like learning new stuff so I appreciate the knowledgeable replies so far 👍🏻
Per 13A-8-6
"A person commits the crime of theft of lost property if he actively obtains or exerts control over the property of another which he knows to have been lost or mislaid, or to have been delivered under a mistake as to the identity of the recipient or as to the nature or the amount of the property, and with intent to deprive the owner permanently of it, he fails to take reasonable measures to discover and notify the owner."
Is there a list of "approved" or court tested reasonable measures to discover and notify the owner and/or duration of such process, for items found on your owned real property...not found somewhere else like that bracelet.
Sign on your property?
Classified legal ad?
Call friends or people who you knew have been on your property?
I ask because it's good to be educated. I know there is a process for abandoned titled vehicles. Any similar process for personal property?
You will have to go to a legal library and learn how to research Case Law for that answer. I imagine there are about as many decisions as there have been cases prosecuted since the term "reasonable" comes up in legal phrasing all the time and yet it is still a subjective term.
