The owner of the object may require its restitution so long as he has not lost the ownership thereof.
Civil Code
2015 English source edition · Current applicability not established.
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Article 1001
Recovery of Object by Owner · Preserved transcription; page attribution imported from the source collection. Verify against the original.
He shall in such a case refund all expenses incurred by those who have found and kept such object.