Lost and Found

If UCPD contacted you about a found item, it can be retrieved from the Lost and Found during business hours. Be sure to pick up your item before the deadline (within 90 days after being notified). The property owner of the item must claim and pick up their property; we will not release property to a family member or friend of the property owner.

To claim an item you MUST have the following:

• Valid identification, such as

• Driver's license

• Student ID

• Employee ID

• Passport

• Other photo ID

• Proof of ownership, such as

• Serial number (required for all electronic devices)

• Purchase receipt

• Description of item in detail

Please email us at found@berkeley.edu(link sends e-mail) to inquire about a lost item. Remember to include the following information:

• Your name and contact information.

• The date the item was lost.

• Where you had it last or where it might have been lost.

• The type of item, including the brand, color and any details that would make it easier to identify the item as yours.

• Serial number (required for all electronic devices)

NOTE: Be sure to update your personal listing in the CalNet Directory. UCPD uses that information to contact you if we've found your item.

We do not coordinate communication between you and the owner of the lost/found item(s). We also are not permitted to release personal contact information for an individual. 

We recommend you turn in the item(s) to UCPD or your local Police Department.

No, we do not take reports for lost items.

If your item has been stolen on UC Berkeley property, please call (510) 642-6760 or visit UCPD at 1 Sproul Hall to file a police report with an officer.

We do not log keys or identify keys over the phone or via email; you'll need to visit UCPD to check our lost key inventory. Please note, we hold keys for 90 days from the date they were turned into UCPD.

We are located in the basement of Sproul Hall at the Police Information window.

UCPD is unaffiliated with any other Lost and Found on campus, however, buildings throughout campus will sometimes maintain their own lost and found. 

Although a few locations have been listed below; we highly recommend checking in with all buildings on campus to see if your item has been turned in.

• Haas School of Business - S545 Student Services Building, or contact at lost@haas.berkeley.edu(link sends e-mail)
• Moffitt & Doe Library - 1st Floot Security Desk of Doe Library
• Zellerbach - Cal Performances, call (510) 642-0212
• Bear Shuttle - call (510) 643-5708

Per UCOP policy, unclaimed items after 90 days will be disposed of. Unclaimed valuables may be auctioned and/or distributed to the Regents of the University of California. 

For more information, please review the UCOP Policy: https://policy.ucop.edu/_files/da/da0415.html(link is external)

The Police Department on the UC Berkeley Campus is located in the basement of Sproul Hall (near Bancroft and Telegraph). UCPD’s Lost & Found is located at the Police Information window, Room 1. 

Our hours of operation are Monday - Friday, 8AM - 3PM (closed on UC Berkeley Administrative Holidays(link is external)).