Oregon law

KiteKarl · Since 02 Mar 2005 213 Posts Stockton, California Stoked

Made this post on kiteforum as a reply to a lost board and thought that it would be good info to repost.

registered · Since 12 Jul 2005 1319 Posts tsunami Sandbagger

I would have taken the assault charge option of repossesion, and charged him a hundred to stop hitting him after breaking his finger. or something like that Embarassed

wow

pkh · Since 27 Feb 2005 6548 Posts Couve / Hood Site Lackey

Is that what happened to you Karl? I can't think of why anyone would do that!? especially if it really was a kiteboarder...

4Stringer/KipWinger · Since 27 Apr 2005 541 Posts Hood River Addicted

The cop was partly right. Under Oregon law, reasonable measures need to be taken to restore the property to the owner. The statute doesn't require a specific method for attempting to reunite the dude with his sessionin' gear.

THEFT AND RELATED OFFENSES
ORS 164.065
Theft of lost, mislaid property:
A person who comes into control of property of another, that the person knows or has good reason to know to have been lost, mislaid or delivered under a mistake as to the nature or amount of the property or the identity of the recipient, commits theft if, with intent to deprive the owner thereof, the person fails to take reasonable measures to restore the property to the owner.

KiteKarl · Since 02 Mar 2005 213 Posts Stockton, California Stoked

Didn't happen to me. Just saw a guy talking to a cop and another kiter gave me the lowdown.

dangerD · Since 27 Jun 2005 223 Posts Bingen Heights Stoked

Ive got your lost boards. Ill be selling them in the classified section in 59 days. Thanks!

noaubac · Since 27 Apr 2005 33 Posts

It appears, that Michigan law is similar to Oregon.
Found Property must be submitted to a police agency for a period of 60 days, before the finder may keep it.

Here is a story of my lost board, which turned up on eBay, 15 days after I lost it.

"LOST board" post back on the 24 of June, 2005.

LOST BOARD POST

As it goes, I got tangled with another rider, and had to drift in, leaving my board, floating out there.

Of course, I was determined to catch back up to it, after I made it to shore and borrowed another kite and board.
I had never lost a board, and wasn't about to start.

Anyway, Rusty and I did nearly a mile downwinder and I didn't see my board anywhere.

At the time, I remembered seeing a handful of boats milling about, so I figured it probably got picked up by one of them.

Or it could have possibly slipped through my fingers, and kept drifting up the coast.

What can you do?

I made up some flyers, which were posted at some local stores (Montague and Stoney Lake), also at a local restaurant, and golf course.

Many people who knew me, or saw me ride before, where also helping spread the word.

All I could do was wait.

So, the next week end, I noticed a local douche bag had posted his boat for sale add, over one of my "missing kiteboard" flyers, then a few days later I saw that he had torn down another one mine and stuck up his "Boat for sale" using my tacks.

Could be unrelated, but seemed suspect, to my paranoid mind.

Still, what can you do?

Finally, one week ago Saturday, I got a PM from N8R, who reads the Mackite forum from East Lansing. My alma mater

He'd found a suspect board, up on eBay.

Well...... There it was.

All but one of my stickers were peeled off, little did they know it was also a distinct custom decal which I slapped on this year.

An added benefit of my stickers was that, all the spots which were covered up, showed up as dark shapes on the deck, since the sun faded the deck around them.

My latest photo of the board from Gun Lake, on June 14th clearly showed all my stickers in place.

So, off the bat, I called the local police in the town where the auction was going down.

It turns out, it was put on eBay by a shop, which only performs a consignment service. Like that one in "The 40 Year Old Virgin"
Somewhat like a pawn shop, I figure.

Anyway, the local police told me to have the Muskegon Co. Sheriff, fax them a report and they would pick it up.

Long story short, the Muskegon Sheriff Deputy on the case, took my report that same day.
And by weeks end, the board was returned to my door step.

It turns out, a phone call was made to the person who brought the board to the eBay shop, and they changed their story after the Officer identified himself.

It went from: the kiteboard was a gift from a relative over 6 moths ago.

Then changed to: it was found, while camping.

That tells me, I would have had little luck getting it back without Police intervention.

The initial lie had been their story to tell, up until the Officer identified himself and that he had proof to the contrary.

So I got my board back!

After some scrubbing with Goo Gone, I put some more of my custom stickers on, and the rest is history.