Revised Code of Washington - RCW Title 63 Personal Property - Chapter 63.21 Lost And Found Property

63.21.010 Procedure where finder wishes to claim found property -- Appraisal -- Surrender of property -- Notice of intent to claim -- Publication
(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 ...

63.21.020 Circumstances extinguishing finder's claim to property
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 ...

63.21.030 Release of property to finder -- Limitations -- Payment to governmental entity -- Expiration of finder's claim
(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 ...

63.21.040 Failure to comply with chapter -- Forfeiture of right to property
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 ...

63.21.050 Duties of chief law enforcement officer receiving found property
The chief law enforcement officer or his or her designated representative to whom a finder surrenders property, shall: (1) Advise the finder if the found ...

63.21.060 Duties of governmental entity acquiring lost property -- Disposal of property
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 ...

63.21.070 Claim to found property by employee, officer, or agent of governmental entity -- Limitation
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 ...

63.21.080 Chapter not applicable to certain unclaimed property
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 ...

63.21.900 Severability -- 1979 ex.s. c 85
If any provision of this act or its application to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the remainder of the act or the application ...