Service Finder
Lost property
Service Description
If you have found a valuable item (i.e. with a value of more than 10 euros), you must hand it in. A lost property report will be recorded. The lost property, the place and time it was found and your personal details will be recorded.
Storage and auction
The lost and found office is obliged to keep lost property for at least six months. If the owner does not contact us within this period, you as the finder are entitled to the found item. If you do not exercise this right or if the lost property is found in public buildings or on public transport, the city or municipality itself becomes the owner of the items.
These lost property items are then auctioned off publicly at longer intervals after prior announcement by the lost and found office. The proceeds from the auction go to the municipality's budget.
Receipt, safekeeping and issuance of lost property, holding of lost property auctions
Who should I contact?
To the public order office (lost and found office) of your municipality or city.
Legal basis
What else should I know?
Important note
The Lost and Found Office is temporarily changing its mode of operation in response to the current Corona situation. After that, all concerns should be resolved by phone or email whenever possible. You can reach us by phone at 0361 655-7732 and by e-mail at buergeramt@erfurt.de. The staff member will inform you about the procedure for receiving and issuing lost property.
Information on lost property from the last two months can be found in the lost property directory of the city of Erfurt.
Author
The text was automatically translated based on the German content.
The text was automatically translated based on the German content per DeepL.
Source: Zuständigkeitsfinder Thüringen (Linie6Plus)
Competent Authority
Landeshauptstadt Erfurt, Stadtverwaltung - Fundbüro
Visiting address
99084 Erfurt
