Selects: Finders Keepers: Real Law

Stuff You Should Know

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🗓️ 12 November 2022

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

You know that heartbreak of the schoolyard – finders keepers, losers weepers? That’s actual law in a great many grown up places. Enter the murky legal world of finding something that belongs to someone else, from buried treasure to a misplaced ring. Learn all about it in this classic episode.

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0:00.0	There's so much news happening around the world that we're somehow supposed to stay on top of.
0:05.7	That's why we launched The Big Take.
0:08.3	It's a daily podcast from Bloomberg and I Heart Radio that turns down the volume a bit
0:14.0	to give you some space to think.
0:16.4	I'm Wes Kosova.
0:17.7	Each weekday I dig into one important story and talk about why it matters.
0:23.6	Listen to The Big Take on The I Heart Radio App, Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen.
0:31.0	Hey everyone, it's Josh and for this week's Select, I've chosen our 2019 episode on the
0:36.3	actual law behind Finder's Keepers and exactly what happens when someone stumbles upon buried
0:41.9	treasure or treasure accidentally dropped into parking lot.
0:45.9	Enjoy!
0:50.3	Welcome to Stuff You Should Know.
0:52.3	A production of I Heart Radio.
1:00.3	Hey and welcome to The Podcast.
1:01.8	I'm Josh Clark and there's Charles W. Chuck Bryant and there's Jerry over there and
1:06.9	this is Stuff You Should Know.
1:09.1	The Finder's Keepers Edition.
1:11.6	Losers Weepers.
1:13.6	So Chuck, this is an actual thing.
1:17.4	It's not just like a child's fantasy.
1:20.2	This is law in some places and while it doesn't actually state Losers Weepers, I think
1:26.5	it's implied.
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