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What is the law concerning a found moneygram money order?The receipt/stub is still attached.
myself | 08/05/2013 | moonshinner_09

Posted on 08/05/2013 6:47:29 PM PDT by moonshinner_09

I found a international moneygram money order in the parking lot in a busy shopping plaza.There is no name, address, or other information on it. There is a dollar amount printed on . I called Moneygram customer service, but just got a recording. I called local stores here, but they weren't able to give me any information (or advice). I was trying to locate the owner, so I can return it to him. Now that I can't find the owner, what should I do? I've never had a money order, so what is the legal issues regarding it? Is it like a check that has to be signed by a particular person? Or is it like a $100 bill that can be used by anyone? What is the law about a found international money order, if I can't locate the owner? Also, are there other ways to find the owner?


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Chit/Chat; Government
KEYWORDS: international; moneygram; moneyorder
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To: moonshinner_09

I know what I would do with it, but I am sure not going to tell you.


21 posted on 08/05/2013 7:17:49 PM PDT by Misterioso (The neat thing about being a nonvoter is that you don't have to give a damn about all of this.)
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To: moonshinner_09

Give it to the police.


22 posted on 08/05/2013 7:19:53 PM PDT by Vendome (Don't take life so seriously, you won't live through it anyway)
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To: moonshinner_09

There must be a serial number on it, I suggest you call the issuer again — you must be able to get more than a recording, they should be able to tell you whether the buyer is traceable — if they didn’t buy it for cash, the moneygram issuer would have their contact info. They may not give it to you, but they should be able to get in touch with the original buyer and let him know who has their money order — you can give them your contact info.

I would work a little harder than you have so far, to find the owner. I imagine there is more than a few dollars we are taking about.

You will feel a lot better if you are able to find the owner, than if you spend the money. It is not exactly like cash, it’s traceable.


23 posted on 08/05/2013 7:20:15 PM PDT by Innovative ("Winning isn't everything, it's the only thing." -- Vince Lombardi)
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To: driftdiver; moonshinner_09

Money orders are usually paid in cash, no I.D. Required.

In this instance the receipt is still attached so it will be very difficult to say who it belongs to.

If it’s originated at USPS I think there is a notation on there somewhere.

I occasionally have to send money orders as I haven’t a clue where my checkbook is. Everything gets paid online ; mostly.


24 posted on 08/05/2013 7:23:34 PM PDT by Vendome (Don't take life so seriously, you won't live through it anyway)
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To: catnipman
My own bank will not cash a USPS money order from my parents to me.
25 posted on 08/05/2013 7:33:54 PM PDT by JSteff (It was ALL about SCOTUS... We are DOOMED for several generations. . Who cares? The Dems care!)
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To: dinoparty

What do you think I am doing. Turn in to whom ? Moneygram they do not know who bought it since it was paid for by cash. There are moneygrams all over town. The shopping center is huge. When you buy a money order you fill out then and there so this does not happen.I imagine it is going to Mexico. I cannot dedicate the rest of my life checking every moneygram in TEXAS. Thats why I asked here


26 posted on 08/05/2013 7:35:21 PM PDT by moonshinner_09
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To: moonshinner_09

Take it to the police or the municipality “lost and found” office, if there is one.


27 posted on 08/05/2013 7:39:14 PM PDT by kaehurowing
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To: moonshinner_09

If it is like a USPS money order, it has a tracking number.


28 posted on 08/05/2013 7:39:48 PM PDT by Kirkwood (Zombie Hunter)
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To: AlexW

The tracking number is only good it when it has been filled out and mailed to the intended party.They cannot track it to a parking lot as there is no information to track it too. It is a real money order.It has a security dot you push it changes colors if real. How can they track something that was never sent & without any personal information on it.Who are they going to track it too ?


29 posted on 08/05/2013 7:47:27 PM PDT by moonshinner_09
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To: JSteff

BofA?


30 posted on 08/05/2013 7:48:58 PM PDT by null and void (You don't know what "cutting edge" means till you insult Mohammed.)
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To: moonshinner_09

Most State laws require you to do a search for the owner and holding an item for a reasonable amount of time before claiming it. I’m not sure if you’re also required to turn it into the police.

The money order stub may be attached, but most stores with modern checkout technology will also print a store receipt with the MO number on it. So, the store that issued it and the buyer of the MO will have another receipt in addition to the MO stub. That would be the only way I can think of to identify the original buyer.


31 posted on 08/05/2013 7:53:38 PM PDT by nonamer
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To: moonshinner_09

Take it to the nearest bar fight you can find and shout into the front door: “MONEY GRAM FOR MONGO!!”


32 posted on 08/05/2013 7:54:09 PM PDT by BerryDingle (I know how to deal with communists, I still wear their scars on my back from Hollywood-Ronald Reagan)
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To: moonshinner_09

Check your local Craig’s List to see if anyone is asking if someone found their money order?

You can only do so much, at some point the person who lost it will just have to cope with that fact, draw whatever life’s lessons they can and move on.

If you can’t locate the original owner on your own, and you trust your local PD, turn it in to their found property section.

Odds are very good that the original owner won’t report its loss to them, and if it remains unclaimed it, legitimately becomes yours. You have done all a reasonable person can be expected to do to find the owner.

Manna from Heaven.


33 posted on 08/05/2013 7:58:05 PM PDT by null and void (You don't know what "cutting edge" means till you insult Mohammed.)
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To: South40

It could belong to a single mother who needs it to pay her bills. Consider contacting the establishment where it was found to see if they can assist in finding the owner.

The guy who posted this is right. You need to go back to the strip club right now and ask if any of the single mothers lost it. They will probably all claim it if so I recommend that you ask them all to show you the skin areas under their G-Strings where they keep their money then you will need to look very closely for ink stains matching the colors of the ink on the money order those girls tend to work up a sweat on those poles so the ink should have left a nice stain. Good Luck


34 posted on 08/05/2013 8:04:06 PM PDT by cquiggy
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To: 2banana

good advice.
Dear St.Pete!


35 posted on 08/05/2013 8:24:58 PM PDT by Joe Boucher ((FUBO) ( Hey Rubio, eat pooh pal))
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To: Joe Boucher

well, technically I think you can just cash it

someone stole a money order from my pocket and when I called it in (I had the mo’s serial # or whatever on me) it had already been cashed in less than an hour.


36 posted on 08/05/2013 8:27:20 PM PDT by GeronL
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To: moonshinner_09

why did you pick up a piece of paper on the street. don’t even know where it’s been.


37 posted on 08/05/2013 8:27:25 PM PDT by kvanbrunt2 (i don't believe any court in this country is operating lawfully anyway)
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To: moonshinner_09

You could just cash it.

That’s what thieves usually do.

Of course if the person who paid for it had a receipt they might have been able to cancel it.


38 posted on 08/05/2013 8:28:42 PM PDT by GeronL
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To: JSteff

“My own bank will not cash a USPS money order from my parents to me. “

Not surprised. I’ve only bought and cashed them at a post office.


39 posted on 08/05/2013 8:29:26 PM PDT by catnipman (Cat Nipman: Vote Republican in 2012 and only be called racist one more time!)
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To: moonshinner_09

It belongs to somebody. The first step is to take it to the police. That’s the right action to take even if you don’t see the end.


40 posted on 08/05/2013 8:32:43 PM PDT by InvisibleChurch (http://thegatwickview.tumblr.com/ http://thepurginglutheran.tumblr.com/)
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