The University Police Department is the only approved lost & found property location on campus.
To inquire about lost & found property please call our Customer Service Center at 805-437-8430 during normal business hours.
91ÊÓƵ Police will ONLY accept the following found items:
- Items with identification numbers (serialized items, bank or ID cards etc.)
- Bikes / Skateboards / Scooters
- Wallets / Purses
- Cash / Currency
- Keys
- Textbooks
- Computer disks, flash drives, and other electronic storage mediums
- Items valued over $100
- Items with an identified owner
91ÊÓƵ Police will NOT accept:
- Clothing $
- Food or perishables
- Flammables / Lighters
- Hygiene items or makeup
- Ear buds or devices which go into the ear canal $
- Water bottles, mugs, thermoses etc.
- Lunch boxes or used food containers etc.
$ – Unless Valued over $100
Contact 91ÊÓƵ Police IMMEDIATELY if you find:
- Explosives / Fireworks
- Prescription medications not in labeled prescription bottles
- Illegal drugs or drug paraphernalia
- Any item which may constitute a safety hazard or danger
91ÊÓƵ Police Lost & Found Accepted Items List (, 261KB)
All found property is handled in accordance with California Civil Code Section 2080.9
2080.9. The Trustees of the California State University may provide by resolution or regulation for the care, restitution, sale, or destruction of unclaimed, lost, or abandoned property in the possession of any state university. Any resolution or regulation adopted pursuant to this section shall include therein (1) that such unclaimed or lost property shall be held by the particular state university for a period of at least six months, (2) that thereafter such property, as well as abandoned property, will be sold at public auction to the highest bidder, and (3) that notice of such sale shall be given by the Trustees of the California State University at least five days before the time therefore by publication once in a newspaper of general circulation published in the county in which such property is held. The Trustees of the California State University may dispose of any such property upon which no bid is made at any such sale.