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February 14, 2023February 14, 2023

Lost and Found Ad in Newspaper: Reunite with Your Lost Belongings Today!

Sometimes people will misplace items of value, such as their personal belongings, documents or even items that belong to someone else. These items may become misplaced or lost due to a number of reasons, including while moving from an old house to a new house, during one’s commute, while traveling, or due to carelessness or mishandling.

Needless to say, when any item gets misplaced, locating or retrieving it becomes an urgent mission. Especially if the item is of high monetary or sentimental value. However, in case the misplaced item in question is a document, and if it is not retrievable, it becomes imperative to arrange for the issuance of duplicates.

In order to facilitate arranging for these duplicate documents, one needs to book a lost and found ad in a newspaper. Booking this ad is a legal requirement, and this formality needs to be fulfilled to ensure that the misplacement or loss of the documents in question is genuine.

These ads perform a double role, namely, they inform the public that a certain item or document has been misplaced or lost, and they also inform the public that a certain item or document has been located or discovered. They bring to the notice of the general public that the item is missing, and they also help to bring the item’s discovery to the notice of its owner.

Publishing a lost and found advertisement in a newspaper helps to make a large number of people aware that an item has gone missing, and it likewise also helps to announce that the item has been found, thus helping to facilitate its return to its rightful owner. These ads contain the contact details of the person who has misplaced the item, as well as of the person who has discovered the item.

These advertisements are also a fulfilment of the legal requirement before duplicate documents can be issued.

Booking a lost and found advertisement is an important first step towards the recovery of an item or the reissue of a document, as the case may be. releaseMyAd is here to help you book your lost and found ad in the newspaper of your choice so that you are able to retrieve your lost item or arrange for the reissuance of the lost document at the earliest. releaseMyAd offers you an ad booking platform like no other with end-to-end guidance and support from the time your ad is booked right till the time it is published. With its strategic ad placement techniques and a strong network of advertising partners located across the country, releaseMyAd is proud to guarantee you the lowest rates for all your advertising needs.

May 11, 2021May 12, 2021

Know why you should publish Lost & Found Advertisement in the Newspaper!

It is a human tendency to misplace valuable items, important documents, certificates, personal belongings etc. In fact, even pets, people, our loved ones also sometimes go missing. When anything or a person gets misplaced or goes missing, it is important to inform the general public. The goal of placing a Lost and Found ad is to ensure all lost items are returned to their rightful owner in a timely and an efficient manner. Placing a Lost and Found ad helps greatly in obtaining duplicate copy of the misplaced documents such as Voter Id Cards, Aadhaar Card, PAN Card, Passport, School/ College Certificates, Bank Documents, Share Certificates. Publishing a Lost Found advertisement is a kind of legal formality that has to be followed.

With the help of lost and found advertisements, a person can reach out to the general public and make them aware about the item that has been missing. Lost and found classified ads are placed in the newspaper to obtain a duplicate of the misplaced document such as identity cards, certificates, share deeds papers, passports etc.

When a non-living item is missing, the ads are published under the Lost & Found section while when a pet or a person gets missing, the classified ads are placed under the Missing column.

Different Types of Lost & Found Advertisements

Identity Cards (Voter Card/ PAN Cards/ Aadhar Card/ Driving License) Lost Advertisement
School /College / University Certificates Lost Advertisement
Passport Lost Advertisement
Company Legal Documents Lost Advertisement
Income Tax Certificate Lost Advertisement
Property Documents (Sale Deed, Registry papers, Mutation papers) Lost Advertisement
Share Certificate Lost Advertisement
Bank Documents Lost Advertisement

Different Types of Missing Advertisements

Person Missing Advertisement
Pets Missing Advertisement

Supporting Documents required for placing a Lost & Found/ Missing Advertisement

FIR attested/ stamped by Police Station (Not More than 6 Months)
General Diary attested/ stamped by Police Station (Not More than 6 Months)

Requirement of placing Lost & Found Advertisements in the newspaper

Reaching the General Public – Publishing Lost Found Ad in the newspaper makes the public aware of the lost document or the person/pet. If the item/document/person or pet is found, that can be returned to the right owner.
Fulfilment of Legal Documentation – Placing Lost and Found classified ads in the newspaper is a mandatory procedure that needs to be followed. A scanned copy of the FIR/ General Diary needs to be provided along with the newspaper advertisement as a proof of supporting documents. This helps to stop misuse of the documents if fallen into wrong hands.
Obtaining Duplicate documents – The process becomes easier in obtaining the duplicate copy of the documents if a lost and found advertisement is published in the newspaper.
Retrieve the lost item/document/person/pet – Publishing newspaper ad helps in retrieving the lost item/ member more quickly.

Format to follow for placing Lost and Found advertisement

Some important guideline needs to be followed while booking a Lost & Found Ad

Proper and complete information must be provided in the ad content about the item/document/person/pet lost.
Contact details of the owner should be clearly mentioned in the ad content (home address or phone number).
The language should be clear enough for the readers to understand and communicate.

Type of Advertisement format applicable for placing Lost & Found / Missing Advertisements

Text Classified – Lost & Found ad can be placed in simple run-on line format by only mentioning the important details in the ad content. Use of any picture or image is not required if the lost item is any document or certificate. The ads are very economical in nature. These ads are placed only in the classified section of the newspaper under the heading “Lost & Found”.
Display Classified – If the advertisement is placed for any missing person or pet, it’s important to place the ad in Classified Display format where uploading the picture of the missing person/ pet is mandatory. Putting the image in the ad content along with the necessary description increases the change to retrieve the lost person/ pet. The ad can be placed both in Color or in Black & White format. These ads are little more expensive than the ads in simple text and are placed in the classified page of the newspaper under the heading “Lost & Found” or “Missing” based on the subject matter.
Display – When the advertisements are placed in any preferred pages of the newspaper, the ads are booked in Display format. Generally Missing advertisements are published in the Display format with a photograph of the missing person/pet with all the required description to find the person/pet back. The ads are published both in Color and Black & White hue and are very expensive in comparison with those classified ads.

Lost & Found / Missing Advertisement Booking Procedure:

Click on the Lost & Found Page
Choose your preferred ad format (Classified Text Ad, Classified Display Ad or Display). You can select your preferred language and proceed to choose your newspaper.
Select your preferred newspaper and location
Enter your ad text (Classified Text) / upload your ad matter or edit existing template (Classified Display / Display). You can take the help of the sample ads/ sample templates to create your ad matter
Select your preferred publishing date
Preview your ad details
Register yourself
Upload your supporting document (scanned copy of FIR/ General Diary)
Select payment option (online or offline)

releaseMyAd helps you to book your Lost and Found advertisement in a hassle-free way in some few simple steps. Being India’s largest online ad booking platform with more than a decade of experience in the advertising industry, releaseMyAd has gained a lot of experience in the field of advertising. releaseMyAd deals with more than 300 national and regional newspapers and offers the best deals in every newspaper. For more queries and information write to us at book@releasemyad.com or call/ WhatsApp us at 9830629298. Our expert team serves 24 x 7.

March 15, 2017March 17, 2017

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Have you ever wondered what will you do if you lose any important document which needs to be preserved? Most of the people will freak out or start panicking in the first place which is a quite common psychological behaviour among humans. So this is where newspaper advertising comes in. I am sure you all have noticed several lost and found ads in newspapers! Well, those ads are published by those individuals who has lost or misplaced precious documents and now they are advertising with the hope to get the lost item back.

Lost and found ads in newspapers are a kind of public notice ads which are given in the newspaper to draw the attention of the general public that some possession of someone has been misplaced. This has been practised since the invention of newspaper ads and is still continuing as newspapers are the most trusted advertising platform.

The lost and found ads are placed in newspapers precisely with two objectives firstly the item will be restored if found and secondly to issue the duplicate copy of the lost item. The lost and found ads are published for loss of passport, certificates, mark sheets and other documents which should be retained legally for future reference.

These ads are more of a legal formality so it’s important that your ad contains all details accurately along with your contact information. But before that one needs to have a First Information Report (FIR) copy from the police station or obtain a copy of General Diary or an affidavit through a notary public. This is because you have to provide a photocopy of any of these documents to the publication house for getting your ad published in the newspaper.

For placing lost and found ads in the newspaper you should have a fair idea about your target audience. For example, imagine you have lost your mark sheet somewhere in Mumbai on your way back home hence your document must be misplaced in that place only so in that case you have to advertise in the local or regional newspapers. But ensure you have put in enough elements to identify what is lost.

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Select your preferred newspaper and city
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June 22, 2009February 22, 2021

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