Tip Center - Stolen Television

The step-by-step procedure to report a television stolen varies. It depend on the laws of your country, municipality, township, state, county, etc. You may need to tailor the procedure for stolen property, listed below, to suit those specific differences.

(Step 1) First you should file a police report. Police should be contacted immediately. Every moment which passes, decreases the chance of recovery of your stolen television.

(Step 2) The police will come to your home, ask you questions about the stolen television and fill-out a stolen property report. The theft of the television undoubtedly involved breaking and entering, which is felony. Police will investigate these crimes thoroughly in most circumstances. It is important for you to give police a many details as possible. Who had access to your place? Was it forced entry? If they stole your television, odds are that it was expensive and they were prepared with dolly and a truck or SUV.

(Step 3) The police will issue you a case number associated with your stolen television report. Keep this case number somewhere handy, since police will want you to refer to this case number when contacting them about your stolen television in the future.

If you are the victim of television theft, odds are your neighbors heard or saw something. Talk to the immediately after filing the police report. Did they see or hear anything strange?

The theft of a television is a pretty brazen crime. More then one person as involved in this crime, most likely, and they had to leave with it in vehicle. This can attract a lot of attention.

If your television was stolen, it is most likely covered under your home insurance policy or renter's insurance policy.

After you file a police report, contact your insurance provider and report the stolen television and any other property stolen from your house. You will need to provide your insurance company the details as well as the case number issued to you by police when you filed a stolen property report for the television.

After you have filed a police report and an insurance claim, create an account on stolen-property.com and report a stolen television on this site. It is free and easy to do so. Simply click REGISTER at the top right of this page and you will be guided. It will take only a couple minutes to report on our global stolen television database, and the list is searchable anywhere in the world for free.

Stolen-property.com is the most comprehensive stolen property registry in the world, and will help maximize your chance to recover your stolen television, and bring the perpetrators to justice.