{"product_id":"vragen-56056-goedemiddag-ik-was-ongeveer-3-4-maanden-geleden-naar-sassenheim-geweest-met-een-ov-fiets-die-ik-t","title":"Legal advice on bicycle theft | Legal advice centre","description":"\u003ch4\u003e Questioner\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\n Good afternoon,\n\n I had been to Sassenheim about 3\/4 months ago with a public transport bike, which I had borrowed from a bike repair shop. On the way the tire had gone flat. I then placed the bike on the pavement.\n\n About 2 months later I only had time to pick it up, because of an unpleasant situation at home. I had already been called several times by the lender. I went to the place where I had put the bike, but it was no longer there...\n \nNow my own bike is still at the bike shop (NS bike shop). The OV bike was stolen, but I still have the bike key.\n\n I don't dare go to the bicycle repair shop anymore, because they threatened to report the bicycle theft to the police.\n\n Now my question is: is it possible for me to report bicycle theft to the police myself and then contact NS, without knowing exactly when it was stolen?\n\n Thanks in advance! I've been struggling with this for a while now and don't know what to do..\n\n Kind regards and thanks in advance!\n\n Noname\n\n\u003ch4\u003e Lawyer\u003c\/h4\u003e \nThis is also a possibility: that the unattended bicycle was reported by a resident, after which the municipality collected the bicycle and deposited it somewhere. But I assume that the bicycle is recognizable and traceable? In that case, you did give cause for the theft by leaving the item unattended for so long. Because everything is traceable, I don't think you can get away with it. The police will record your report, but the owner of the bicycle has more legal options to recover the damages, just look at the terms and conditions and also the law (civil). So you can also report without a precise date, but I don't think you can get away with it that easily.\n\n","brand":"Rechtswinkel.nl","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55005788504413,"sku":"","price":0.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.rechtswinkel.nl\/en\/products\/vragen-56056-goedemiddag-ik-was-ongeveer-3-4-maanden-geleden-naar-sassenheim-geweest-met-een-ov-fiets-die-ik-t","provider":"Rechtswinkel.nl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}