Found papers ... what to do?

[owlice]

Yes, of course they will.

[Melalvai]

Drop it off at a police station. I've done that with a lost wallet.

[radacrider]

Drop it off at a police station. I've done that with a lost wallet.

+1 - Found a wallet on the sidewalk near work. I gave it to our receptionist and she called our police contact.

[Blueberry]

Yes, of course they will.

There's a weight limit for that now (and it's low) - maybe 13 ounces? Otherwise, they will not take it.

[NbyNW]

There's a weight limit for that now (and it's low) - maybe 13 ounces? Otherwise, they will not take it.

Yeah, that's what I'm worried about. I think there are security issues with delivering items that don't have return addresses. They'd probably destroy the parcel in which case I might as well toss it in the garbage rather than spend money on postage.

I'm leaning towards either dropping it off with my local precinct on my way in to work tomorrow, or I might call my own insurance agent tomorrow morning for their take -- coincidentally it's the same insurance company, just a different agent.

[PamNY]

Calling the insurance agent is a great idea. I would worry that the police would not take it seriously.

[OakLeaf]

Could you just put your work address as the return address?


Out of curiosity, and not that I'd necessarily rely on it, I'd heard that before about mail being refused for no return address, but I don't see in the USPS's own manual where it's required? I couldn't find anything that defines something over a certain weight as a parcel subject to "package services." http://pe.usps.com/text/dmm300/602.htm#1085528

[Blueberry]

Priority mail is required instead of first class over 13 ounces - that's where I got that part.

[NbyNW]

Could you just put your work address as the return address?

It's a small office, and knowing my office manager, she would not appreciate it if someone decided to trace it back to the office. And I was no-where near work when I found it on Saturday morning.

[NbyNW]

Update: I dropped it off with my insurance agent, and they are going to work with the other insurance agent to return the papers to the owner.

Coincidentally as I was running my errands a story came on the radio about car thieves stealing papers out of people's cars to get personal information -- name, address, etc. And they are usually striking when people are inside a movie theater or restaurant or something like that.

I used to white out my address from my insurance cards but have gotten lazy about it recently. Maybe time to start up again.