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The Complex Laws Surrounding the Ownership of Valuable Items
TLDR The laws surrounding the ownership of valuable items, such as rare gold coins and shipwreck treasures, are complex and vary depending on the state and court jurisdiction. It is recommended to follow proper steps, potentially involve an attorney, and be prepared for lengthy legal battles in order to legally claim lost or discovered property.
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A couple found $10 million worth of rare gold coins buried on their property in Northern California.
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A couple found $10 million worth of rare gold coins buried on their property in Northern California, and the law surrounding finding valuable items is complex and varies depending on the state and court jurisdiction.
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In the UK, valuable or antique items found belong to the crown, but the crown will pay market value for them, encouraging cooperation with archeologists and historians to preserve cultural artifacts.
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In the US, there are three subcategories of contemporary property - lost, abandoned, and mislaid - and depending on the status of the property, the finder may or may not get to keep it.
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Depending on the state, when you buy property, everything on that property belongs to you as the property owner, so the people who found the money in the walls may have had a legitimate claim to challenge the daughters' ownership.
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If you find lost property, it is recommended to take it to the police, follow the proper steps, and potentially get an attorney involved if it is valuable, in order to legally claim it as your own.
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Undersea archaeology property and treasure property is extremely convoluted and contentious, with no set rules, and often involves lengthy legal battles due to the eye-poppingly valuable treasures that are found, such as the San Jose shipwreck which is estimated to be worth between one and 12 billion dollars.
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The ownership of the San Jose shipwreck is being disputed by Spain, Colombia, and Peru, while the ownership of the Notre Dame de Deliverance shipwreck is complicated by the involvement of the Spaniards, the French West Indies Company, and the US salvage company, with the laws regarding territorial waters and abandoned shipwrecks further complicating the matter.
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Treasure hunting companies invest heavily in research and court costs to ensure they have a claim to any discovered treasure, with Florida judges being particularly experienced in ruling on sunken ship cases.
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The teacher taught the chapter as normal, showed the students a video about Abu Ghraib, had them write about how Zimbardo's study predicted it, and had them listen to the podcast episode, leading to an interesting observation about the study's publicity potentially contributing to the dystopian prison environment at Abu Ghraib.
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