Lost something in Florida? Here's what to do.
Florida loses things at industrial scale — theme parks, beaches, four of the country's busiest airports, and sixty million pockets emptying onto rental-car seats. The good news: most of those places run serious, well-staffed lost and found operations. Here's how to work them.
Retrace, call, report, search.
The desks worth contacting.
Florida's finder law, in plain English.
Florida is stricter than most states: under Fla. Stat. §705.102, someone who finds lost or abandoned property must report it to a law enforcement officer — keeping it is not a legal option. Appropriating found property to your own use is classed as theft under Florida's theft statutes. The finder can tell the officer they want the item if the owner is never found; they deposit a sum covering the agency's transportation, storage, and notice costs, and if the property goes unclaimed after the statutory custody period (Fla. Stat. §§705.103–705.104 set the procedure and title rules), it can go to the finder. In practice: hand it in, say you'd like it if unclaimed, and get a receipt.
This is a plain-English summary, not legal advice. See the statute: Fla. Stat. ch. 705.
One search instead of ten phone calls.
MyQRSearch partners — hotels, gyms, venues, schools — log the items they find into one searchable directory. In a state with this much traffic, every partner desk that joins takes a phone call off your list.
MyQRSearch doesn't have partner locations in Florida yet — early partners get founding-location placement in this directory.
Run a Florida business that finds things? From an Orlando hotel to a Miami gym: log found items in minutes and let owners come to you.