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In accordance with the decision of the Parliament:
This law concerns the recovery and treatment of lost and found goods.
The law does not apply to:
1) an object which appears to have been rejected by the owner;
(2) animals;
3) the vehicle regulation (233/82) Defined, registered vehicles and equipment; and
(4) in the air (185/64) Aircraft to be registered.
Vehicle A 233/1982 Has been repealed with respect to vehicle structure and equipment 1256/1992 , see Vehicle L 1090/2002 ARTICLE 3 . Aviation L 59 5/1964 Has been repealed by L 28/05/1995 , see Aviation L ARTICLE 2 OF ARTICLE 2 .
The discoveries of the following goods are provided separately:
1) In the ancient memory law (195/65) Relics and other articles intended to be used;
2) from uproar to a body of water, which is provided for by water; (164/61) ;
(3) marine (167/40) Vessels or goods on board, shipwrecked or at risk, for which a rescue premium is to be saved; and
(4) space objects for the rescue and return of space pilots and the law on the return of space objects; (16/70) .
Water L 264/61 Has been repealed by the Water L 587/2011 . MeriL 167/39 Has been repealed by MeriL 674/1994 .
A commodity with a value of not more than EUR 20 and which apparently does not have a specific use, feeling or any other personal value shall be deemed to be negligible. Articles 5, 6 and 26 shall apply to the low-value inventory.
The amount provided for in paragraph 1 may be revised by the State Council Regulation in line with the change in the value of money.
The one that takes the lost and found. (finders), Shall, without undue delay, inform the owner or provide the goods to the police. The property acquisition or possession of which is prohibited or requires the authority of the authority must immediately be sent to the police.
If the lost and found cannot be transported, it does not need to be supplied to the police. The capture of such lost goods shall be reported to the police.
If it is not appropriate to transport lost goods elsewhere, the police may authorise the finder to retain the lost and found.
The goods to be recovered in a public transport vehicle or a railway or bus station or other similar transport site, office, office, office, office, institution, hospital, theatre, In a sports hall or a similar apartment, shall be handed over to the staff of the institution concerned or to the department of discovery (site find).
The provisions laid down in paragraph 1 shall also apply to the discovery of a declaration made at a specific location at a particular location.
For the recovery of low-value discoveries which has taken place outside the establishment referred to in Article 5, the owner shall be informed by the finding if this is known. The finder of a low-found lost property that has no difficulty in finding out can be found.
The goods must be stored and handled well.
If the owner does not retrieve the lost and found in the institution referred to in Article 5 and the institution does not have a lost and found, the institution shall, at the latest within two weeks, provide a non-negligible lost and found to the police. A property whose acquisition or possession is prohibited or requires an authority's permission must be sent immediately to the police.
Objects found in schools and other educational establishments, as well as in sports halls, which are apparently regularly used by those institutions, may be kept in the establishments concerned for longer than the period provided for in paragraph 1. Not more than six months from their capture.
Where the goods are manifestly valuable or otherwise important to their owner, the institution shall without delay inform the owner of the finding if this is known, and in any other case to the police.
The police and the lost and the police department, as well as the police, within the meaning of Article 5, shall also be allowed to sell the goods if the goods are easily contaminated or impaired, or where the goods are expensive to the value of the goods. Compared to.
The sales price shall be deducted from the sale price obtained from the sale. The proceeds from the sale shall otherwise be subject to the provisions of the lost and found.
The owner is entitled to recover the goods if he pays the finder a finder's fee and replaces the necessary and reasonable costs. The amount of the finder's fee is set by the Regulation.
The finder's fee shall not be found in the site finding referred to in Article 5.
No finder's fee shall be paid for the findings of the police, customs and other authority's finding of control or inspection.
The owner shall be obliged to pay to the police and the lost and found to the administrative and other general costs incurred in the maintenance of the compensation, as provided for by the Regulation, and to replace the special Reasonable costs for transport, evaluation, care and storage.
The decision on the imposition of compensation shall not be subject to appeal.
In the event of a finding by the finder, the police shall provide the finder, by means of a payment address, by means of a payment address by the owner, and the compensation of the costs, as well as the part of the selling price mentioned in Article 17.
If the finder's fee and remuneration for the finder were not received by the finder, the finder and the finder did not themselves take care of retrievading within six months from the date of delivery to the police, the fee and the Compensation shall be transferred to the State.
The period provided for in paragraph 1 shall begin in the case referred to in Article 16 (2) where the police have informed the finder of the destruction or confiscation of the goods.
If the owner does not retrieve the lost and found within three months of its supply to the police, or where the finder has been authorised to keep the lost and found or has informed the owner of the discovery, the property shall be transferred to the finder, unless: Otherwise specified below.
If the owner fails to retrieve the site found or found within the meaning of Article 10 (3), within three months of being forwarded to the police or the lost and found, the property shall be transferred to the State or where the goods have been retained. To the keeper of the lost and found.
If the goods have been seized by means of a coercive arm (2006) Or the owner of the seized item within three months of the date of notification by the police that he may retrieve the item after the seizure of the article has been revoked, the property rights of the article shall be transferred to the finder. If the owner is not known, proceed as provided for in Article 23 of Chapter 7 of that Act. The finder shall immediately be informed of the transfer of ownership of the confiscated property to the finder. (22/2011/860)
If the goods seized have been destroyed or declared to be lost to the State, the finder's fee and the cost compensation will be paid from State resources. However, the finder's fee shall not be paid for any property which is prohibited to acquire or possess.
Finders do not acquire ownership of a bicycle or a moped they found. Bicycles and mopeds that have not been picked up by the owner are sold at auction. The finding is entitled to one third of the value of the item.
Finders shall not be entitled to property:
(1) documents which may be killed and whose owner is not known;
2) medicinal products;
(3) keys, personal and permit certificates, debit and credit cards and other similar assets; and
4) property which is required to acquire or hold a licence, unless the finder has such authorisation.
The property referred to in paragraph 1 (1) to (3), which has not been collected by the owner within the period laid down in Article 14, and which has not been provided for any other property entitled to property, shall be disposed of.
Upon completion of the compensation provided for in Article 11, the finders shall be able to take over the lost and found. If found, the money found must be delivered to the finder by means of a payment address.
If the finder has not collected the lost material from the police within three months of the transfer of ownership to him, the property of the lost property will be transferred to the State. What is provided for here also applies to the amount of money that has been found to the discoverer, if it has not been received by the discoverer for a reason, and has not himself picked it up within that time limit.
A department store shall have a responsible nurse responsible for ensuring that the lost and found is lawfully kept.
A responsible manager shall be a full and reliable person who is not in bankruptcy and whose viability is not limited. In the last five years, an equivalent nurse is considered to be a custodial sentence for a custodial sentence and not a penalty in the last three years for a criminal offence which can be considered as being To be manifestly inappropriate as a nurse. However, such a nurse is not considered to be reliable if, otherwise, by way of an earlier act, she has demonstrated that she is manifestly unfit for treatment.
The Office shall issue an authorisation to the applicant for the processing of lost and found goods within the meaning of Article 5, if:
(1) the applicant has the right to pursue a business in Finland;
(2) the applicant is not bankrupt, and if the applicant is a natural person, he is of legal age and is not limited in scope;
(3) the applicant has been informed by the applicant who satisfies the conditions laid down in Article 21 (2).
Any person or licence issued by the police or by the Office of Immigration, issued by the police or by the Office of Immigration, or property which is prohibited or is subject to the authorisation of an authority, shall be sent immediately to the police.
The finding office shall, according to the provisions of the authorisation decision, have the right to recover the compensation referred to in Article 11 below or not to claim compensation.
The FVC shall dispose of the property referred to in Article 18 (1) (1) to (3) as provided for in paragraph 2 of that Article. However, the obligation to dispose is not subject to a licence or certificate issued by the police or the Immigration Office.
The Office will supervise the operation of the lost and found.
Without prejudice to the provisions of confidentiality, the department of goods shall, without prejudice to the provisions of confidentiality, issue the documents and particulars necessary for the supervision of the regional administrative authority.
The Regional Administrative Agency is entitled to receive the (672/2002) Article 46 Information necessary to establish the identity of the manager responsible. The right to obtain information from the criminal record is provided separately.
The Office of the Regional Administrative Board shall prohibit the holding of a lost and found if the lost and found department is kept in breach of this law without authorisation. A prohibition may, if there is a particular reason, also apply to an employed or other service engaged in such activities which acts on his behalf.
In the event of failure by the lost and found in office, the Office may invite the Office or the responsible nurse to comply with the obligation within the time limit. If the omissions are serious, or if they are repeated in spite of the invitation to do so, the Agency may, in part or in full, prohibit the work of the lost and found office for a period of up to six months.
The Regional Administrative Agency may impose a periodic penalty payment on the prohibition or request referred to in this Article. The prohibition referred to in paragraph 1 shall be made more effective by periodic penalty payments, unless it is unnecessary. Otherwise, the penalty payment shall be valid in the case of the (1113/1990) Provides.
The Regional Administrative Agency shall withdraw the authorisation to keep the lost and found if:
(1) the lost and found office has ceased operations;
(2) the conditions for the authorisation provided for in Article 21a are no longer met;
(3) the lost and found shall no longer have a manager who fulfils the conditions laid down in Article 21 (2), and the lost and found department has not notified a new manager within the time limit set by the Office; or
(4) There are serious or repeated instances of non-compliance in the activities of the lost and found manager, and the lost and found office has already been banned in the past.
If the discoverer fails to comply with the declaration or delivery of the goods, or if he is hiding the goods when the owner or other person is entitled to do so, or if he or she is deprived of any legal right, he shall lose All discovery-based rights.
The penalty for the recovery of the lost property is laid down in Article 4 of Chapter 28 of the Penal Code (2) and Articles 5 and 6.
The law provided for by this law shall also apply to the right to take possession of the goods on the basis of a pledge, use or other legal basis.
In this law, the police are referring to the police officer in whose territory the property has been found.
The person who finds it is also entitled to report the discovery or delivery of the lost and found to the police.
The finding of disagreement and the disagreement on the reimbursement of the costs referred to in Article 10 (1) may be referred to the Court. The police have the right not to hand over the goods to its owner until a final court ruling has been given.
The discovery and rescue of property belonging to the armed forces of Finland or any other country may, by way of derogation from the provisions of this Act, be laid down by a regulation. In accordance with Article 26, the provisions of Article 26 shall apply mutatis mutandis to the non-disclosure and seizure of such lost and unauthorized seizure of goods.
When the discovery has a connection with the plane crash, it is necessary to comply with what (595/64) § 61 Is provided for.
Aviation L 59 5/64 Has been repealed by L 28/05/1995 . See. Aviation L ARTICLE 123 OF THE EC .
More detailed provisions on the implementation of this law will be adopted by the Regulation.
This Act shall enter into force on 1 January 1989.
Before the entry into force of this Act, measures may be taken to implement the law.
This law repeals the lost and found law of 19 November 1943 (1893/43) Regulation of 21 December 1979 on the entry into force of the Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 December 1979 on the entry into force of (930/79) . Regulation of 21 January 1983 on the discovery and rescue of the good of the armed forces under the repealed Law (104/83) Remain in force, however.
This law applies to discoveries made after the entry into force of the law.
The processing of lost goods in the lost and found to which the authorisation was granted before the entry into force of this Act or the retention of which has not required authorisation shall be valid for the purposes of this Act or the regulation adopted pursuant to it. Such a discovery office shall be authorised within six months of the date of entry into force of this Act, at the risk of the expiry of an authorisation under the previous law or of an activity which has not been subject to authorisation. Including the expiry of the time limit.
HE 29/88, lvhms. 6/88, svk.M. 48/88This Act shall enter into force on 1 January 1991.
HE 66/88, Ivhms. 6/90, svk.M. 56/90
This Act shall enter into force on 1 January 2002.
THEY 103/2001 , LaVM 19/2001, EV 119/2001
This Act shall enter into force on 29 June 2009.
Before the entry into force of this Act, measures may be taken to implement it.
THEY 234/2008 , HaVM 9/2009, EV 97/2009
This Act shall enter into force on 1 January 2010.
Every time the law comes into force, a lost and found office shall be kept under an authorisation granted before the law enters into force, and shall continue to do so without applying for a new authorisation.
Before the law enters into force, measures may be taken to implement the law.
THEY 161/2009 , HVM 18/2009, EV 205/2009
This Act shall enter into force on 1 January 2012.
THEY 104/2010 , HVM 39/2010, EV 362/2010
This Act shall enter into force on 1 January 2014.
THEY 222/2010 , LaVM 44/2010 EV 374/2010
