Can Apple help finding iPad with new "Owner" via serial Number?

Apple (and no one else) can not assist (with serial number or iCloud) in finding a lost or stolen iPad.

Report to police along with serial number. Change all your passwords.

These links may be helpful.

How to Track and Report Stolen iPad

http://www.ipadastic.com/tutorials/how-to-track-and-report-stolen-ipad

Reporting a lost or stolen Apple product

http://support.apple.com/kb/ht2526

What to do if your iOS device is lost or stolen

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5668

iCloud: Locate your device on a map

http://support.apple.com/kb/PH2698

Report Stolen iPad Tips and iPad Theft Prevention

http://www.stolen-property.com/report-stolen-ipad.php

How to recover a lost or stolen iPad

http://ipadhelp.com/ipad-help/how-to-recover-a-lost-or-stolen-ipad/

How to Find a Stolen iPad

http://www.ehow.com/how_7586429_stolen-ipad.html

What NOT to do if your iPhone or iPad is lost or stolen

http://www.tomahaiku.com/what-not-to-do-if-your-iphone-or-ipad-lost-or-stolen/

Apple Product Lost or Stolen

http://sites.google.com/site/appleclubfhs/support/advice-and-articles/lost-or-st olen

Oops! iForgot My New iPad On the Plane; Now What?

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303459004577362194012634000.html

If you don't know your lost/stolen iPad's serial number, use the instructions below. The S/N is also on the iPad's box.

How to Find Your iPad Serial Number

http://www.ipadastic.com/tutorials/how-to-find-your-ipad-serial-number

iOS: How to find the serial number, IMEI, MEID, CDN, and ICCID number

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4061

 Cheers, Tom 😉

Change your iTunes (Apple ID) password along with any other password that was stored in the iPod. If any passwords are associated with credit cards, contact the CC company and get your card replaced (with a new number). If any passwords are associated with a bank or any other savings institution, contact them also and discuss approprate action with them.

The "Find my..." function is pretty much useless if the device is in the hands of a thief. All that is necessary is for the thief to connect to any computer with iTunes and "Restore as new."

The only real protection you have is with the personal information on the device rather than the physical device itself. This requires action before the device is lost/stolen. If the device has significant personal information, it should have a strong 8-digit (or longer) password AND be configured for automatic wipe in the event of ten consecutive incorrect password entries.

I am not aware of any manufacturer of any product whatever that will assign resources to perform police work. Android certainly won't do anything differently. Further, no manufacturer in the world wants to get involved in a domestic dispute or a potentially legitimate sale where the seller has second thoughts.

I strongly suggest that you take better care of your possessions.

DesignBimbo wrote:

Since I am not gettin an answer to my question...I am going to realize, along with long searches, that Apple chooses not to help lock out any stolen iPad, even letting them sync to iTunes and purchasing new apps, music, etc. Apple benefits regardless, so they really do not care at all.

Actually, with iOS 7 and Activation Lock you now can stop anyone from using your device without your permission (they need your AppleID password to disable find my iPhone and Activation lock, even if they erase the device).

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5818

But I agree with the others that not only will Apple not get involved in any such legal matters, I personally feel no private corporation should do so. I do not want a situation of big brother corporations doing the job of law enforcement.

Furthermore imagine it like this, I give you an iPad, we get ina bad fight, I then declear that you stole it from me and then contact apple to find out where you are....Apple can't verify who the original purchase was meant for, who made it, or all the other legal headache that could come out of this.

Because if they did provide this infomation so easily; imaigne if someone got YOUR serial number....and then pretended to be you to get all this infomation....

I too have had my iPad stolen recently and the police will flag the serial number if it is sold to any other store but I do not believe that applies if the person chooses to use the device for themselves. People sell their devices on the street to friends and family etc. and it would not be right of Apple to come in and say hey this is not the name the device was previously registered under so you cannot use it. However, the police will have some say so in locating the device and possibly reprimanding the individual who is using the device. If you have not already, contact your local police department. That is the only solution to your problem and if they are not willing to go the extra mile for a stolen iPad, then that is who you should be upset at.

I wouldn't expect much from the police. They've got more important things to do than searching for an iPad that someone carelessly lost.