QUESTION
When does property become yours and when will it become abandoned property, so I can dispose it?
Asked on Mar 24th, 2014 on Landlord and Tenant Law - Nevada
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I allowed my friend to store her property around November 2013. She said she would remove it at the first of the year. Here it is almost April and she has made no progress at all.
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Depending upon the value, the property may be yours to dispose of now. If you are unsure of the value, to be on the safe side you should follow the procedures for notification and disposal of personal property left behind by a tenant which can be found in Civil code sections 1982-1991.
Answered on Mar 25th, 2014 at 2:52 PM
It can be considered abandoned property, but your state might have specific rules as to how you hold an auction to sell the property. Write her one more e-mail telling her that by X date you will go through with the formal process to sell the property. If it is of no value, then most people would just throw it out but that would result in nasty mail to you and the threat of a lawsuit. Take pictures of everything so you have a record.
Answered on Mar 25th, 2014 at 2:44 PM
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Send her a certified letter telling her that you will send the property to storage, at her cost, if she does not pick it up in a month. Then take it to storage and send her the bill. I would pay the first month's storage if I were you.
Answered on Mar 25th, 2014 at 2:31 PM
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Speak with an attorney with the details, did she commit to remove it in writing by a certain date?
Answered on Mar 25th, 2014 at 2:20 PM
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Send her a written letter saying you will consider it abandoned if she does not pick it up in 10 days and you will consider it abandoned thereafter and dispose of it. If she does not move it you can consider it abandoned.
Answered on Mar 25th, 2014 at 2:14 PM
I suggest that you send her a letter giving her a deadline to remove the property or you will remove/sell/destroy the property. Send it via First Class Mail and via Certified Mail Return Receipt Requested. Then keep copies of everything to prove that she received the letter. If she doesn?t meet the deadline, then you are in a much stronger position to dispose of the property.
Answered on Mar 25th, 2014 at 10:04 AM