[Moved from Christian Forum Angels] found money, what does one do?

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if you happen to find money (a little or a lot) and are unable to find the source despite looking hard, is it alright for you to keep it?​

Of course it is o.k. It is a test though...IMHO...

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I once found a wallet on the street with about 4K in cash. It had no ID, nothing to link it to a person. I was only about 22 years old in the 80's so that was big money. I was a strong fundy then so I reported it to the police and filed. Seems I had to wait 10 days then, I did, the money was mine. I spent a lot of it when a month later two long haired wild men were knocking on my apt. door....they heard I found their money. They actually lived just a block away. I called the police....police said they were drug sellers and probably why no ID, had been arrested many times.
 
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I found three $100 bills on the sidewalk years ago. Have no clue how they got there - the person who dropped them must have just done so, but I saw no one.

I took them to the police station, not feeling right about just pocketing the money.

In 30 days the police released it and I picked up the money because no one had claimed it.

I didn't know what else to do. I had no way of finding out whose money it was.
 
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if you happen to find money (a little or a lot) and are unable to find the source despite looking hard, is it alright for you to keep it?

In the good old days, one was supposed to hand it in at one's local constabulary (police station) and obtain a receipt for it. If the money had not been claimed by its rightful owner within 26 weeks (6 months) then one became the rightful owner of the money and could then dispose of it as one saw fit.

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I once found a wallet on the street with about 4K in cash. It had no ID, nothing to link it to a person. I was only about 22 years old in the 80's so that was big money. I was a strong fundy then so I reported it to the police and filed. Seems I had to wait 10 days then, I did, the money was mine. I spent a lot of it when a month later two long haired wild men were knocking on my apt. door....they heard I found their money. They actually lived just a block away. I called the police....police said they were drug sellers and probably why no ID, had been arrested many times.

10 days was no-where near long enough to give the rightful owners reasonable time to claim it. In my neck of the woods it used to be 26 weeks (6 months).

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I found three $100 bills on the sidewalk years ago. Have no clue how they got there - the person who dropped them must have just done so, but I saw no one.

I took them to the police station, not feeling right about just pocketing the money.

In 30 days the police released it and I picked up the money because no one had claimed it.

I didn't know what else to do. I had no way of finding out whose money it was.

A ligitimate windfall on your part. Don't feel guilty about it. For all you know it could have been placed there deliberately for you by an angel? You did the right thing. You have nothing about which to recriminate yourself?

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