If I brought a house and the people that inherent the house never got the stuff out is the things inside mine?
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If I brought a house and the people that inherent the house never got the stuff out is the things inside mine?
House was sold to me before the death of my aunt. She will the house to two
others. They probated it and its been a year and they have not removed the
things from the house do I owe the stuff in the house now?
Asked on February 21, 2019 under Real Estate Law, Texas
Answers:
SJZ, Member, New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 5 years ago | Contributor
No, you do not become the owner of anything you did not buy: i.e. if you only bought the house, that does not make the owner of its contents. You don't, however, have to store other people's belongings foreover: you can give the people who inherited these items written notice (sent someway you can prove delivery) giving them, say, 60 days to remove the items or you will consider them abandoned and dispose of them. Repeat at 30 days. If they never take the items, you can set them out as trash or for disposal.
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