Official text prohibited actmental stateif conditionpenaltylegal term
One who finds lost property under circumstances which give him knowledge of or means of inquiry as to the true owner, and who appropriates such property to his own use, or to the use of another person not entitled thereto, without first making reasonable and just efforts to find the owner and to restore the property to him, is guilty of theft.
History: Amended by Stats. 1927, Ch. 619.
Simplified explanation
A person who finds lost property while knowing or able to learn who owns it, and keeps it without first making reasonable efforts to find and return it to the owner, is guilty of theft.