{"id":7461,"date":"2012-12-17T14:45:31","date_gmt":"2012-12-17T13:45:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.colleensparis.com\/?p=7461"},"modified":"2020-04-21T17:20:25","modified_gmt":"2020-04-21T15:20:25","slug":"did-you-lose-an-object-in-paris","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging-wptechsupport.com\/colleensparis\/2012\/12\/did-you-lose-an-object-in-paris\/","title":{"rendered":"Did You Lose An Object In Paris?"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Lost<\/a>This holiday season, my earmuffs are keeping someone else warm. They fell off my sleeve between the chocolate store and the brasserie across the street from the shop. We left the brasserie, and I realized my earmuffs were gone. Retracing my steps, the chocolate store did not have them. They were not on the floor of the brasserie. Should I call file a police report? I was one hundred percent sure they had already found a new home. If not, they might be in one of these Mayor of Paris photos<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Over 140,000 objects are turned in to lost and found every year. The latest losses from readers involve loss on the RER and along the Champs-Elys\u00e9es. A writer wrote she lost her Sony camera, red scarf and grey hat on the RER B heading to the airport. Another reader just wrote he lost his beaded dance costume on the Champs-Elys\u00e9es while flagging a taxi.<\/p>\n

The\u00a0Pr\u00e9fecture de police<\/em><\/a><\/strong>\u00a0(Police Department)\u00a0has been collecting objects for over two hundred years<\/a>. Every day the Objets trouv\u00e9s<\/em>\u00a0(lost and found) receives between 600 and 700 articles. The articles come from Parisian public places: Streets, public transportation, airports, taxis and all public gathering places. About 150 articles find their owners each day.<\/p>\n

Since December 22, 2011 eleven euros is required, payable either in cash or by French bank check,\u00a0to retrieve your item from the main office of lost and found. This fee is a droit de garde<\/em> (caretaker fee). For objects of value over 762 euros, a fee of three percent is charged. There is no charge to retrieve your French ID, driver license or other official French document.<\/p>\n

The police advice trying to find the object at the place of loss. Contact the local police station within five days. Contact Lost and Found fifteen days after your loss (08 21 00 25\u00a0\"Lost25 (0,12\u20ac a minute). From abroad (00)33 821 002 525). If any identification is found in the article, the police will send you a letter. The police department does not handle articles lost on SNCF trains. “Lost and Found in Paris<\/a><\/strong>” “Paris Police Stations<\/strong>“<\/a><\/p>\n

Objects with an approximate value up to 100 euros are held for three months. Articles with an estimated value over 100 euros are held for one year.<\/p>\n

What To Do If You Find An Article<\/strong>
\nFound on a public street: Take it to the closest police station.
\nFound on the RATP: Give it to a metro agent.
\nFound in the airport: Turn it in to the lost and found office.
\nFound at a public place: Turn it in to an agent or the ticket window.<\/p>\n

\"Photo<\/a>Claiming An Abandoned\/Unclaimed Article<\/strong>
\n“Finders keepers, Loser weepers” goes the children’s rhyme. In all cases, leave your contact information. You have the right of ownership if the true owner is not found and the article is declared abandoned (droits de l’inventeur<\/em>).<\/p>\n

The question of when the article is declared abandoned is based on the value. If the object is estimated below 100 euros, ownership changes between the third and fourth month from the time the article was turned in.\u00a0If the object is valued at over 100 euros, the “droits de l’inventeur” kick in between the twelfth and eighteenth month from the date the article is turned in.<\/p>\n

Documents necessary<\/strong> to become the new owner of the unclaimed article:<\/p>\n