? How to locate your iPad if it's lost or stolen, and not registered

I recently brought a ipad, and have not had a chance to register it thru itunes yet,  but i still have my reciept, can I have it located once someone try to
activate it. will it be flagged by apple saying it's a stolen product? how do i go about getting it back.....

Unless you enabled Find My iPad on it before it was stolen then there isn't any way to locate it. If you did enable it then you could try locating it either via http://icloud.com on a computer or Find My iPhone / Find My iPad on another device - but that will only work if it's connected to a network and the device hasn't already been wiped and/or Find My iPad disabled on it.
If you think that it was stolen then you should report it to the police. As a safety precaution you should also change your iTunes account password, your email account passwords, and any passwords that you'd stored on websites/emails/notes etc.

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