Aberdeen District Library

Aberdeen District Library
PO Box 207
76 E Central
Aberdeen, ID 83210
(208) 397-4427

Date_______________

Dear_____________________________

You have materials that are checked out from the Aberdeen District Library that have not been returned. See attached receipt for a list of the item(s).

Do you know? Non-returned library materials can be costly!!!

Idaho law makes it a crime to keep materials overdue.

Your punishment could be up to $1000.00 and one year in jail.

Please return library materials on time!

The clock is ticking! Today is day one of your 15 days to return the overdue materials.

Estimated replacement costs if you are unable to locate the materials $________

Fines on previously returned materials $_________

Fines for damage on previously returned materials $_________

Revised 6-27-2005

Idaho Statutes

TITLE 33 EDUCATION CHAPTER 26

PUBLIC LIBRARIES

    33-2620.  FAILURE TO RETURN BORROWED MATERIAL. Any person who borrows from a publicly funded lending facility any book, newspaper, magazine, manuscript, pamphlet, publication, microform, recording, film, artifact, specimen, device, exhibit or other article belonging to, or in the care of, the facility, under any agreement to return the same within a specified time, and thereafter fails to return the book, newspaper, magazine, manuscript, pamphlet, publication, microform, recording, film, artifact, specimen, device, exhibit or other article, shall be given written notice, which shall bear upon its face a copy of this statute, mailed by a registered or certified letter with return receipt, or delivered in person to such person at his last known address, to return the borrowed article within fifteen (15) days; and in the event that the person shall thereafter wilfully and knowingly fail to return the borrowed article within thirty (30) days, or shall fail to reimburse the facility for the value of the borrowed article plus overdue fines and costs incurred, the person shall be guilty of a petit theft and punishable as provided in chapter 24, title 18, Idaho Code. For purposes of this section, a "publicly funded lending facility" includes any library, gallery, museum, collection or exhibit supported by public funds.

If you have received this letter in error,

please contact Stephanie Adamson,

Library Director, at (208) 397-4427.

Thank you.

Sincerely,

Library Director