NIBRS Tip: Reporting Recovered Property

NIBRS Tip: Reporting Recovered Property

Reporting Recovered Property
According to the FBI User Manual: Law enforcement agencies should report recovered
property only if they also first reported the property stolen.

       The agency should report property stolen in its jurisdiction only.
       Only the agency that reported the property stolen can report the property recovered,
            even if another jurisdiction recovered the property.
       Type of Property Loss (Data Element 14) = Recovered (to impound property that was previously stolen)
       The Date Recovered (Data Element 17) = Up to ten dates can be entered to match each of the up to
            ten property descriptions; if the recovery date is unknown, enter the date of the report.


NOTE: Any property found or recovered that was not stolen within an agency’s jurisdiction
            can be entered in the local records management system but cannot be submitted for NIBRS purposes.

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