Lost Property Office

• Lost property that can be clearly assigned to its owner:
  
  • Owners of purses/wallets with identity documents or other papers will be contacted directly by the Lost Property Office and informed about the lost property.
  • Any student ID cards found are handed over to the Student Information Center (SIZ) to determine the address.

• Found jewelry

• Any money found will be paid into the University Cashier's Office as soon as it is received by the Lost Property Office.

• The Lost Property Office keeps all other lost property for a minimum of 8 weeks:
  
  • Lost property that has not been collected within 4 weeks of being handed in is advertised monthly via a lost property list, which is made available online here.
  • In the notice, the owners are requested to collect their items within a further 4 weeks (calculated from the date of the notice).

Lost property may only be handed out to people who can prove without a doubt that they are the owner of the object, that they lost it, or that they are otherwise authorized to pick it up.

There must be a record of the handover.

For objects that are lost in public buildings, there is no right to a finder’s fee.

Money is stored by the Cashier's Office for three years and then transferred to the state budget.

Other lost objects that are not picked up after the storage deadline are donated to a charitable cause.