Found on a bus a folded banknote with a pen placed on it — must it be returned? | Sheilot

Found on a bus a folded banknote with a pen placed on it — must it be returned?

Question

Found on a bus a folded banknote with a pen placed on it — must it be returned?

Answer

This is considered an identifying sign, and one must announce it. He should announce it through the national lost-and-found gemach, and if no one contacts him within a week,
he may use it, but he should record the details.

Answered 25 January 2026 How answers are reviewed
Rabbi Israel Cohen
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Smicha "Yoreh-Yoreh" (2012), Rav Amram Fried's Beit Horaah
Orach Chaim, Yoreh Deah
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Source

Siman 262

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