Washington · statute · Wash. Rev. Code ch. 63.21 · 9 active provisions
(1) Any person who finds property that is not unlawful to possess, the owner of which is unknown, and who wishes to claim the found property, shall:(a) Within seven days of the finding acquire a signed statement setting forth an appraisal of the current market value of the property prepared by a qualified person engage…
The finder's claim to the property shall be extinguished:(1) If the owner satisfactorily establishes, within sixty days after the find was reported to the appropriate officer or, if so designated under RCW 63.21.090, the appropriate entity, the owner's right to possession of the property; or(2) If the chief law enforce…
(1) The found property shall be released to the finder and become the property of the finder sixty days after the find was reported to the appropriate officer or designee if no owner has been found, or sixty days after the final disposition of any judicial or other official proceeding involving the property, whichever…
Any finder of property who fails to discharge the duties imposed by this chapter shall forfeit all right to the property and shall be liable for the full value of the property to its owner.
(1) The chief law enforcement officer, his or her designated representative, or other designated entity under RCW 63.21.090 to whom a finder surrenders property, must:(a) Advise the finder if the found property is illegal for him or her to possess;(b) Advise the finder if the found property is to be held as evidence in…
Any governmental entity that acquires lost property shall attempt to notify the apparent owner of the property. If the property is not returned to a person validly establishing ownership or right to possession of the property, the governmental entity shall forward the lost property within thirty days but not less than…
An employee, officer, or agent of a governmental entity who finds or acquires any property covered by this chapter while acting within the course of his or her employment may not claim possession of the lost property as a finder under this chapter unless the governing body of the governmental entity has specifically pr…
This chapter shall not apply to:(1) Motor vehicles under chapter 46.52 RCW;(2) Unclaimed property in the hands of a bailee under chapter 63.24 RCW; (3) Uniform disposition of unclaimed property under *chapter 63.29 RCW; (4) Secured vessels under chapter 79A.65 RCW; and(5) Crab or other shellfish pots in coastal marine…
(1) Except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, a county, city, or town may designate an alternate department or governmental entity to accept, store, retain, and dispose of found property as required under this chapter, rather than the chief law enforcement officer or his or her designee, so long as the alte…