How to gain permission to take a previous owner’s items from a bank owned property?
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How to gain permission to take a previous owner’s items from a bank owned property?
There is a bank owned home across the street from my home. City workers boarded up the property because of vandalism. I asked the city worker what I needed to do to be able to gain possesion of certain items (flower pots, garden statues, etc.) The worker told me that the bank owns the house but all the personal possesions of the previous owner still belong to that person(s). They then told me to contact the previous owner, or owner’s family, to gain premission to take any of the items. Is this correct? Are there any other actions that I can/need to take?
Asked on April 1, 2012 under Real Estate Law, Ohio
Answers:
M.T.G., Member, New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 12 years ago | Contributor
Generally speaking, that is correct. The proeprty does remain the property of the prior owner (not the bank) and the bank then has to inventory the items and give notice to the prior owners to take it out with in a certain amount of time or it will be disposed of. Contact the bank as well as the prior owners. Once the time has run the bank will probably just clean out the house and get rid of it. If the prior owners do nt want the stuff then you can make a deal with a perosn at the bank to get it before the cleaners come.
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