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OldSchoolRules wrote:Once again, thanks to all for the input. I spoke with the a homicide division (they handle this issue) and was told I cannot legally own the gun regardless of the circumstancesn with our customer and their belongings. I must turn the gun over to them and they will run the numbers and unless my name comes back as the owner they will keep the gun and investigate the owner history. I called dispatch and they are sending someoneout to pick it up. So, there you go..........

This sounds completely Fishy... I doubt that he was correct in saying this.

There's a saying. Never call the cops and ask them they law. It tells them that you don't know it, and they can make up whatever they want to.

Should have called a lawyer instead, and asked them. You should Still call a lawyer on this. Hope you got a receipt for the gun. Tell them you need it for Tax Purposes or something, since it was inventoried as a belonging. Don't let them leave without giving you one.

TDDude wrote: The point is, there's a good chance that the family will want the pistol as a keepsake the same as as if a wedding band or photo album had been found.

I would give first crack at it to the family and then I would go through the procedure of making sure the gun was clean.

As said before, this was Reposessed after the owner died. When the owner died, the vehicle would probably have passed to next of kin before it got repo'd.

That means that the family, if any, was more then likely given the chance to take posession of the vehicle (and the debt) associated with it, and chose not to, or did take posession of it, but refused to, or couldn't pay the debt associated with it.

A Repo doesn't happen overnight. It generally takes quite a bit of time (months), notices, paperwork, and blatent non-payment of the debt to force a vehicle reposession.

The family more then likely had ample time to retrieve the pistol from the vehicle if they wanted it, or knew about it.

They're just doing their job.

The real problem is people buying things that they cannot afford, and banks lending to people that they shouldn't have.

Granted, there's always a case of "I lost my job, and can't afford it, and if you take it, you're killing my ability to get a new job!" (Car)
My answer: You should have saved more money while you had a job, or maybe bought a cheaper car. Also, there's public transportation in some places. Use that.

The Vehicle was Legally Repossessed.

I assume that means that the family, if any, was offered a chance to take it (and any debt associated with it), and did/could not, or could not afford it, and let it get repossessed.

As such, it is now the property of the OP. Plain and simple.