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So I found a SAMSUNG LEVEL U headphone on the ground, so I took it. Is that bad?
Alright before I begin, I am letting you know that I am not a Native English Speaking person. So I will definitely make a lot of grammar mistakes.
Alright, so my dad found a Samsung Level U headphone dropped in the ground. It was in the Parking Lot. No one was around and no one was seemed to be searching for it. He just brought it to home. For your information I live in a building so there are lots of buildings nearby.
So since no one searched for it, dad decided to give it to me. So I am using it now.
Is that bad?
I mean I know I should have given it to the building watchman but I decided to keep it.
Did I do wrong? I feel guilty if it was wrong. Plus he did see it and walked away first, but then later when he returned back it was still there. So he took it to check if it works, he doesn't know how to use a bluetooth headphone so he thought it was something trash but since I know about tech I would check it.
So ya, let me know.
1 Answer
- MichaelLv 74 years ago
Yes, it's bad...and it is illegal in many places to simply keep it.
It is true that under traditional English/American common law, "a person who found lost personal property could keep it until and unless the original owner comes forward." However, "many jurisdictions have statutes that modify the common law's treatment of lost or abandoned property. Typically, these statutes require lost personal property to be turned over to a government official, and that if the property is not claimed within a set period of time, it goes to the finder and the original owner's rights to the property are terminated."
https://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/lost_property
So you may be breaking the law by keeping these headphones. Moreover, it's unethical. Let's say you lost something of value and the finder simply kept it and didn't turn it over to the police or any other official. You spend hours fruitlessly searching for it and sadly have to eventually give up....all because some guy decided to keep it for himself. Would you like that? Would you feel that the guy who kept that item you lost had wronged you?
You should turn these headphones in to the local police department. If the owner is not located within a reasonable period of time, they could turn it over to you, legally and guilt-free.