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- Animal breeding
- Animal husbandry
- Animal health control
- Animal shows and displays
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- Animal transport authorisations
- Broiler stocking density notices
- Contagious animal diseases
- Destruction of animals
- Disinfection of livestock transport vehicles
- Disposal of water from animal transport vehicles
- Notifications relating to professional or large-scale keeping of animals
- Outdoor cattle grazing
- Private veterinary care provision
- Reindeer husbandry
- Wild animal farming
- Laboratory animals
- Burials
- Corporate governance enforcement
- Education and culture
- Property development, housing and joint property management associations
- Real estate or letting agents
- Social welfare and health care
- Tobacco sales
- Water and the environment
- Wealth and assets
- Work and occupational safety and health
- Guidance and advice
- Aerial forest fire surveillance
- Alcohol marketing
- Competition and consumer affairs
- Contagious animal diseases
- Coordination and enforcement of health care services for prisoners and the armed forces
- Estate agents and letting agents
- Food control
- Free-range pigs and poultry
- Medicines
- Quality assurance of social services
- Restaurants and coronavirus
- Rights and status of customers
- Rights and status of patients
- Water and the environment
- Romani affairs
- Wealth and assets
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- Self-regulation
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- Government agencies
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- Contamination of water supply
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- Coordination of tobacco control
- Environmental health audits and consultancy
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- Libraries
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- Rights and status of patients
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- Veterinary medical care
- Water and the environment
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- Enforcement and reporting violations
- Customer service
Registration of lost property offices
Lost property offices need a licence from the Regional State Administrative Agency to operate. We keep a register of licensed lost property offices.
The lost property offices are responsible for any property found at institutions. This refers to lost property found in places such as:
- public transport vehicles, railway, bus and coach stations and other similar transport facilities
- government agencies, educational institutions and hospitals
- business premises, cultural and sports venues or other similar premises.
The police are responsible for lost property found in locations other than those mentioned above, for example on the street or bus stops.
Information on applying for a licence
There is no form for applying a licence for a lost property office, but you have to include the following information in your application:
- applicant’s name, municipality of residence and contact details
- lost property office sites and their contact details
- name and personal identity code of the office manager. If the personal identity code is not available, use the date of birth.
Send your application for a licence to operate a lost property office to the registry of the Regional State Administrative Agency for Western and Inland Finland: [email protected] The Regional State Administrative Agency for Western and Inland Finland grants licences to operate lost property offices located anywhere in Finland.
For more information, contact Heidi Turpela, Senior Officer, tel. +358 295 018 624, [email protected]
The processing of the licence application is subject to a fee.
The processing fee for a licence to operate a lost property office is EUR 505.
The processing fee for amending a licence to operate a lost property office is EUR 210. The amendment may concern, for example, a change in the details of the office manager.
The licence to operate a lost property office is granted if the applicant meets the following criteria:
- the applicant has the right to engage in trade in Finland
- the applicant is not bankrupt
- if the applicant is a natural person, they are over 18 years of age and their capacity to act has not been restricted
- the applicant has provided the details of a manager who meets the criteria specified in the Lost Property Act.
The Regional State Administrative Agency must prohibit the operation of a lost property office which operates without a licence in violation of the Lost Property Act. The prohibition may be reinforced by a notice of a conditional fine.
The lost property office manager must ensure that the lost property office operations legally. Upon request, the lost property office must provide the Regional State Administrative Agency with the documents and information needed for enforcement.
Links to legal texts
Topics that might interest you
Supreme Administrative Court
Regional State Administrative Agency for Western and Inland Finland’s newsletter (in Finnish)
Active enforcement of lost property offices – excessive fees and charges