Finder's right to sell lost goods when owner cannot be found or refuses to pay lawful charges. Finder may sell a lost item when the owner cannot be located with reasonable diligence or refuses to pay lawful charges; sale is permitted where the thing is in danger of perishing or losing most of its value, or where the finder's lawful charges in respect of the thing found amount to a high proportion of its value.
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Finder's right to sell lost goods when owner cannot be found or refuses to pay lawful charges.
Finder may sell a lost item when the owner cannot be located with reasonable diligence or refuses to pay lawful charges; sale is permitted where the thing is in danger of perishing or losing most of its value, or where the finder's lawful charges in respect of the thing found amount to a high proportion of its value.
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