Lost & Found Regulations

CHAPTER I – PRELIMINARY PROVISIONS

Art. 1. These Regulations govern the procedures for items found and lost on the premises of the Units.

Sole Paragraph: The provisions of these regulations apply to the academic community of Faculdade Nepuga.

CHAPTER II – PURPOSE OF THE LOST & FOUND OFFICE OF Faculdade Nepuga

Art. 2. The purposes of the Lost & Found Office are:

1. To collect and store items found on the Unit's premises whose owner cannot be immediately identified;
2. To keep the items in custody;
3. To prepare a list of the items, identifying and quantifying them;
4. To describe in detail the condition of the items;
5. To take steps to find the rightful owners;
6. To record reports of lost items;
7. To register the person reporting a loss, recording all of their identification details and contact information;
8. To return the item once the owner has been identified;
9. To record the return in the appropriate form.

CHAPTER III – RECEIPT OF ITEMS

Art. 3. Any item shall be received at the Registrar's Office of the respective Unit, during opening hours, as follows:

a) By filling out the Lost & Found form, which will state the full name of the person who found the item, as well as the place and date where it was found;

b) The staff member in charge of the record will assign a number to the found item and label it; this number will match the number entered in the Lost & Found form at the time of delivery; a numbered list of the delivered items, with their descriptions, will be prepared and must be updated frequently in the system.

Art. 4. The Registrar's Office of each unit will keep the documents and items delivered into its custody for a period of 6 (six) months from the date of receipt.

Art. 5. Found items will not be publicly advertised; interested parties must go to the Registrar's Office of the Faculdade Nepuga unit.

CHAPTER IV – RETURN OF FOUND ITEMS

Art. 6. Any item shall be returned at the Registrar's Office of the respective Unit, during opening hours, as follows:

a) Items must be picked up while the Registrar's Office is open;

b) Identity documents or any other documents bearing a person's name shall be returned to their holder upon completion and signature of a release form;

c) All other items shall be returned to whoever proves to hold ownership rights, or equivalent rights, over them, upon completion and signature of a release form.

CHAPTER V – DISPOSAL OF FOUND AND UNCLAIMED ITEMS

Art. 7. Identity documents or any other documents bearing a person's name that are found and not claimed will be discarded once the custody period has ended.

Art. 8. Found and unclaimed goods that, after the custody period has ended, are of no interest to the Institution's property holdings will be donated or discarded.

CHAPTER VI – FINAL PROVISIONS

Art. 9. Faculdade Nepuga will neither give nor receive any kind of reward or compensation for keeping and returning items.

Art. 10. Animals, stolen items and toxic and hazardous substances are excluded from the scope of these Regulations and will be referred to the competent authorities as soon as they are delivered.

Art. 11. These regulations shall enter into force on the date of their publication.