Section 485 Of Chapter 5. Larceny From California Penal Code >> Title 13. >> Part 1. >> Chapter 5.
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. One who finds lost property under circumstances which give him
knowledge of or means of inquiry as to the true owner, and who
appropriates such property to his own use, or to the use of another
person not entitled thereto, without first making reasonable and just
efforts to find the owner and to restore the property to him, is
guilty of theft.