| oldharry |
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| 13/05/2007 00:03 |
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Re: How to claim abandoned boats?
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Quote:I would have thought that was quite clearly the property of the scrapyard: surely the previous owner had left it there for them to collect when it suited them.
There is an offence of 'stealing by finding'.
I found (!) a camper van that took my fancy, quite clearly abandoned outside a scrapyard to be towed in on monday morning when they opened.
'Abandoned' is not the same as 'left for a specified person to collect' . How did you know they had not pre-arranged it with the yard, and maybe even paid them to break it?
The obvious thing to do there if you fancied it was to turn up when they opened and make an offer.
Not the same at all as an abandoned boat. Would the Receiver of Wreck not be involved?