Legal Question in Civil Rights Law in Illinois

If I pick a wallet from the street , am I criminal ?


Asked on 12/04/13, 4:39 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys

Only if you keep it and use its contents for personal gain without taking the steps needed to attempt to get it returned to its rightful owner. There is a difference between lost and abandoned property in the law -- people generally do not abandon items of value on a street. They lose them, and there are laws (both common law and statutory) to protect them. But simply picking it up, no.

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Answered on 12/06/13, 9:17 am


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