If I asked my roommate to leave and she did but left many of her belongings behind, can I trash these items?
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If I asked my roommate to leave and she did but left many of her belongings behind, can I trash these items?
She is not on the lease. She never paid rent (thus breaking a verbal agreement). There was no written lease agreement between us or written eviction. It’s been over 3 weeks since she left and she refuses to come and get them.
Asked on May 15, 2012 under Real Estate Law, South Carolina
Answers:
M.T.G., Member, New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 11 years ago | Contributor
You refer to her as your "roommmate" and have established here that there was a sublease (which is a contract), although it was breached. I would not trash her things. I would box them and formally evict her (which may get you in trouble here) in order to get rd of the stuff. You are in a very wierd place here. Good luck.
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