| WHAT SHALL I DO WITH THE PERSONAL PROPERTY OF THE TENANT? |
After the tenant vacates possession, the law requires you to protect the former tenant's property in a place of safekeeping for up to fifteen days after personal delivery upon the tenant of a legal form entitled "Notice of Right to Reclaim Abandoned Personal Property"; however, you must maintain the personal property for up to eighteen days if you send the notice to the tenant by first class mail. the time period begins to run from the date of personal delivery or mailing. If you do not know of the tenant's new address, simply mail the notice to the former tenancy premises. Upon request, this notice will be provided to you as a client of this office. This notice must also be delivered to any other person that you reasonably believe to be the owner of the personal property. The property may be removed to a storage facility of your choice. The property may remain at the former tenancy premises if it is so extensive as to prohibit removal. |