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Particularly funny that they have "Steal of the Day" deals: https://www.propertyroom.com/s/prsoddsteals2023.

States have various rules for finding the original owners. Unfortunately, they're mostly rather antiquated, like having to post in a local newspaper. The onus is really on the person who lost/had their property stolen to track down where it might be.

Kudos to An Garda Síochána (Irish police force) for putting a lot of work into returning recovered stolen property to its owners. About 7 years ago, they published photos of many bikes that they had recovered in the Dublin region. Similar to other cities, bike theft has been endemic in Dublin for a long time but the guards do make the effort to combat it.

https://www.garda.ie/en/about-us/online-services/unclaimed-p...