storage of personal property left behind

storage of personal property left behind by anonymous (new hampshire) on November 20, 2009 @11:28

In New Hampshire, the law reads "A landlord shall maintain and exercise reasonable care in the storage of the personal property of a tenant who has vacated the premises, either voluntarily or by eviction, for a period of 28 days after the date upon which such tenant has vacated." I filed for eviction of the tenant. They requested a court appearance stating on their request to the court, dated Nov. 4, "I have moved from the property." Since they left many personal effects, and they requested the hearing, I did not get the writ of possession until Nov. 25 (the tenant never showed to the hearing). Do I have to hold their personal property for 28 days from Nov. 4 or Nov. 25?

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Re: storage of personal property left behind by Anonymous on November 20, 2009 @12:03	[ Reply ]
Nov. 25th

Re: storage of personal property left behind by OK-LL on November 20, 2009 @12:04

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Their letter to the court dated November 4 announced they had left the property. That was the beginning of your obligation to mitigate your damages by entering and rehabbing the unit. I would have trashed anything that wasn't obviously of value and stored the rest in my garage. Here in OK, we are allowed to charge the tenant a storage fee for the 30 days required storage. Then we follow the law for disposal of abandoned possessions.

Re: storage of personal property left behind by NH & MA LL on November 20, 2009 @18:46	[ Reply ]
To regain possession in NH the sheriff must serve the writ of posession and then come back with the LL to lock out the tenant and post notice. Then and only then the time begins to run on the 28 days. I am a member of the bar in NH and MA

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Re: storage of personal property left behind by xxx on November 24, 2009 @13:01	[ Reply ]
the 25th, but no evicted tenant ever leaves any property behind, then all neatly put it into garbage bags out by the curb as soon as the owner regains possession of the unit