(1) A person who finds a thing on the business premises or in the means of transport of a public authority or a transport agency serving public transport and takes possession of the thing is to deliver the thing without undue delay to the authority or the transport agency or to one of their employees. The provisions of sections 965 to 967 and 969 to 977 do not apply.
(2) If the thing is worth no less than fifty euros, the finder may require a finder’s reward from its rightful recipient. The finder’s reward consists of half the amount that would result from applying section 971 (1) sentences 2 and 3. The claim is excluded if the finder is an employee of the authority or the transport agency or the finder violates the duty to deliver. The provision of section 1001, which applies to the claims of the possessor against the owner for outlays, applies accordingly to the claim to a finder’s reward. If there is a claim to a finder’s reward, the authority or the transport agency is to notify the finder of the surrender of the thing to its rightful recipient.
(3) If the proceeds of auction or the money found devolves to the person entitled under section 981 (1), there is a claim to a finder’s reward under subsection (2) sentences 1 to 3 against the person entitled. The claim is extinguished on the expiry of three years after it arises against the person entitled under sentence 1.