House AC Unit Still Sealed?

Originally Posted by AdmiralAluminum

Is there anyway a household AC unit could still be filled with refrigerant if its at the curb? Copper piping is just clean cut, not bent or sealed off and there was a triangular piece of radiator on top of the unit unattached to anything. Is there a way to tell (besides the obvious and illegal breaking of the lines) if a sealed unit is still "sealed"? No one was home, it was garbage night and I really didn't want to just leave it there knowing what I could get out of it.

There is no freon in it if the copper has been cut. If you picked it up as the guy cut the copper, it would be gasified in minutes.