Help Find Our Mates! Boston’s Lost & Found Department

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The informal lost and found department for Bostonians does seem to be the fences of the city. What can we tell you? These two really don't belong together, and they would appreciate any help at all in finding their real mates.

But there are other ways. We've noticed that some readers are looking at lost and found in Boston posts that we did back in 2008. Many of the links we used there are now moved or gone. So here's an update:

Lost and Found Resources for Boston

Craigslist lost and found

ebay Boston community lost & found

Lost in a Taxi report

Massport lost & found

Lost on MBTA

Subway/Bus, Lost & Found: (617) 222-3200 (8:30 AM – 5:00 PM Mon-Fri)

Boston Police

You can turn-in a found item at any Police station. Here's a link to the area stations.

And, here's the rule regarding when you might claim an item you found.

"Sec. 21 Disposition of Property by the Department Property Clerk: The Department Property Clerk shall be guided by the provisions of the General Laws, Chapters No. 134 and 135, when disposing of property in his possession. All officers should be aware that pursuant to Chapter 134 of the G.L., certain found property may be claimed by the finder after one year if the owner has not claimed it."

Lost  & Found Animals

MSPCA's page of resources

City of Boston's page on lost pets

Petfinder's lost pets

Petfinder's found pets

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Words: Penny & Ed Cherubino
Photography: © 2012 Penny Cherubino  

Comments

  1. Aek2013 Avatar

    What a terrific reference list. Now bookmarked. Thank you!

  2. Penny Avatar

    You are very welcome. It’s popular with our readers so we try to do an update when we find broken links on the old one or come across new information.

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