Originally Posted by
danib62
My wife lost her passport 7 years ago, reported it as lost/stolen, got a new passport, found the “lost/stolen” passport, and then accidentally grabbed the “lost/stolen” passport for this trip.
It used to be the case that it was a good idea to return a lost passport to the State Department to be cancelled, if you found it again later, and the record of the loss would then be removed or adjusted in the passport holder's history. I recall this made it easier to deal with any future lost passport issues. I wonder if this is still the case.