Rules Regarding Treasure-trove Fount in Other’s Land
Issue No. 1535- If a person finds treasure in a land which does not belong to anyone, and the owner of the treasure is not known at all, it becomes his property and he should pay khums on it. And also, if a person finds a treasure in a land which he has purchased from another person and knows that it does not belong to the previous owners of the land, it becomes his own property and he should pay khums on it. In case however, one considers it probable that it belongs to one of them he should, on the basis of obligatory precaution, inform that person about it and if becomes known that it does not belong to him, he should inform the person who owned the land before him. And in the same way he should inform all the persons who were owners of that land earlier. If it turns out that the treasure does not belong to any one of them, it becomes his own property, and he should pay khums on it.
