Hand in lost property
If you have found something that is worth more than ten euros, you must hand it in at a lost property office.
Description
- Items that you have found in the city of Munich can be handed in to the city's lost property office, the citizens' offices or any police station.
- You do not need an appointment to hand in lost property at the lost property office.
- Bicycles may only be accepted by the police. They check whether a bike has been reported stolen. Only if this is not the case will the police forward the bicycle to the lost property office.
- Animals can only be handed in at the Munich animal shelter.
- Weapons can only be handed in to the police or the weapons office at the KVR.
- If you have found something in the S-Bahn or on long-distance trains, please contact Deutsche Bahn.
- If you have found something in the underground, on a bus,tram, at a stop or on a platform, please contact the MVG lost property office.
- If you have found something at the airport, please contact the lost property office there.
Required documents
Identity card or passport
Questions & Answers
Lost property is lost items. This includes items that have not been deposited, left or disposed of, such as old car tyres, expired medication, old furniture or televisions left in the cellar or in the bin; these items are excluded from acceptance by the lost property office.
- Perishable and expired food, medicines and the like.
- Broken or soiled items that are obviously worthless.
- Items that require special storage: Fire extinguishers, gas cartridges, canisters with unknown contents, batteries, chemicals of a non-household nature and quantity, motorised vehicles and the like.
- Objects that obviously need to be disposed of separately: old furniture, car tyres, electrical appliances, gas cartridges, fire extinguishers, batteries, chemicals of a type and quantity that is not normal for households, motorised vehicles and the like. Information on this can be obtained from the Munich Waste Management Department and the Building Department.
A lost property report will be issued. It contains the following points:
- Finder's details
- Date found
- Location
- Description of the lost property
- Your agreement to hand over the lost property to an authorised person.
- Your entitlement to finder's rights, such as a finder's reward
The finder's fee is five per cent of the value of the item up to a value of 500 euros. If the item is worth more than 500 euros, the finder's fee is 3 per cent. Example calculation: Value of the item: 800 euros, 5 per cent up to 500 euros = 25 euros 3 per cent for the remaining 300 euros = 9 euros makes a total finder's fee of 34 euros.
Legal basis
§§ Sections 965 to 984 of the German Civil Code (BGB)
Art. 10 Basic Law (GG)
Art. 19 Bavarian Data Protection Act (BayDSG)
Kreisverwaltungsreferat
Hauptabteilung II Bürgerangelegenheiten
Bürgerbüro Meldewesen, Kfz- und Fundangelegenheiten
Internet
Phone
Postal address
Landeshauptstadt München
Kreisverwaltungsreferat
Hauptabteilung II Bürgerangelegenheiten
Bürgerbüro Meldewesen, Kfz- und Fundangelegenheiten
Ruppertstraße 19
80466 München
Fax: +49 89 233-45905
Address
Ruppertstraße 19
80337 München
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Accessibility
- Available:Barrier-free access
- Available:Disabled parking