Help with lost property

THE lost property office for Paris celebrates 200 years in operation this week and claims to be the oldest of its type in Europe.

The office is found at 36 rue des Morillons, in the heart of the capital, and takes in over 150,000 lost items a year.

Bundles of cash have been handed over and traced, but still waiting on the shelves is a funeral urn, a horse’s head and countless handbags and laptop computers.

The Parisian police service provides some useful tips and advice for tracing lost items, including a map to get to the lost property office.

On the website there are contact details for railway offices, what to do if you lose an item in a shop or taxi and a simple form you can print off and complete outlining what you have lost.

But there is also a website that allows you to track down things that have been lost across France, as well as see if someone has found it and posted it on the site.

The Banaot site is a database that you can add your item to if you have lost something or update if you have found an item.

Comments

[Renee Riitano]

I lost my bagagge on the french rail line SCNF between Paris Austrelitz and Port Bou, Spain. Would you be able to provide me with any information or phone numbers to chase lost property within France on the rail systems.

Thankyou

[Craig McGinty]

Hi Renee

This website page may help:

http://www.sncf.com/contacte.htm

All the best

Craig

[penny ripton]

I have just come back from Paris where i lost my digital camera at the arc de triomphe. The camera isn't the important thing as such it is the memory card with my special pictures i want back so much. I dont speak french confidently so i need to know who to contact over in paris who will understand an english conversation / e-mail. PLEASE HELP!

[Craig McGinty]

Hi Penny, might be a tough ask I'm afraid.

I notice the websites mentioned have also changed, the Paris police can be found here:

http://www.prefecture-police-paris.interieur.gouv.fr/

But the Objets Perdus et Trouvés site looks to have been closed.

Best of luck

Craig

[Stephanie Jamieson]

I lost my mobal phone in a taxi in Paris on July 10th. Any information on how to track it down is appreciated.

Thank You.

[Craig McGinty]

Hi Stephanie
I think the best option to see if your lost item has been handed in is to contact the Parisian police department at:

http://www.prefecture-police-paris.interieur.gouv.fr/demarches/objets_trouves/premieres_demarches.htm

One that page there is mention of what to do if you lose an item in a taxi.

Best of luck

Craig

[gianfranco galli]

i have just come back to paris where the 11/08 last i have lost my camera in metro to troncadero with all accessories. My camera was in a bag the coulor is brown clear with a pockets blue and red. if you fimd it please contact me thank you

[Craig McGinty]

Hi Gianfranco
I'm afraid the site has no connections with lost property in Paris I suggest you follow some of the links mentioned above to register your lost camera equipment with the authorities.
Regards, Craig

[Fotini Geromalidou]

We accidentally left our Sony digital video Camera in a bench at Port De L'Arsenal or in a bench at Promenade Plantee. I sent an email at the Parisian Police (at an address mentioned above) but I was wondering if there is another contact point for either one of the above mentioned locations
Thank you
Fotini

[Craig McGinty]

Hi Fotini, you may be able to track contact details down through the Paris Mairie at http://www.paris.fr/
Hope you are able to find your camera.
Regards, Craig

[Jennifer]

We left our backpack on the Metro (line 4 or 10),tried to back track but were unsuccesful. I did send an email to the police, but not sure what else we can do? The bag was brown with burgandy trim, in it was our Kodak(P850) digital camera, glasses in a wooden case and a pink rain jacket(Columbia). If anyone has any other info. could you please let me know. Jenn This would have been on the 8th or 9th of July,2008

[S Daly]

My 8 year old son left a white nintendo DS case with all his favourite DS games in it on the train in France. We were travelling on the train from Bayonne to Lourdes on 21st July, last Monday. As we dont speak Frence we were unable to try to track them down. Any help at all would be appreciatesd if anyone had similar experiences. I know its very unlikely that he will get them back.

[Phil]

Braclet lost on trian from Gare de Lyon (3.15pm) to Marseille 25th July 2008.
High sentimental value - Reward

[susan luraschi]

At different times I have found my son's back pack, my agenda and finally a wallet that a friend from San Francisco left in a market. She thought she had been pickpocketed. I suggested that she write a letter with a description to the Lost and Found office thinking that even if it had been stolen, a wallet can end up in the street. The office sent a letter to San Francisco saying it had turned up; She then sent a letter to me with a photocopy of her passport giving me authority to pick it up. I did. Her glasses and all her money was still in it.

[Craig McGinty]

Hi Susan, thanks for those helpful tips and here's hoping that people find their lost items.
All the best, Craig

[vincent]

There is a website for lost/found cameras at www.camerafound.com. Hope this helps someone!

[Kartik Kataria]

Hi,

I have lost my wallet which had some cash, credit cards and my carte de sejour. Cash and credit card is not a problem. However, the main thing is my Carte de Sejour as I would need it to go back to my home country.

Please get back to me at kartik.kataria@gmail.com, if you find it. You will be treated royally.

Thanks,
Kartik

[Elaine Tan]

Lost camera Canon IXUS 950IS in Dream Castle Hotel - Disneyland Paris on 06Jun09 between 8:15pm-8:45pm at the sofa of the hotel main lobby. I realize it only half an hour later and contacted the front desk officer but found nothing. There is a CCTV at the lobby but the officer refuse to go through it. Those who has taken the camera can just keep the camera, but please return me the memory card as it is for my pre-wedding purpose. Photo taken in London, Paris city and Disneyland. Me and my husband to be can't afford to travel to Europe again as he is afraid of travel by air. Hopefully someone will be honest and kind enough to reply. Keep my finger cross. God bless us all.
Thanks - Elaine, Kuala Lumpur Malaysia.