If my ex-live girlfriend will not come and get her furniture that is stored in my storage building, can I legally get rid of these items?
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If my ex-live girlfriend will not come and get her furniture that is stored in my storage building, can I legally get rid of these items?
On 2 different occasions we have scheduled a date and time for her to come and get her stuff but both time she never showed up.
Asked on August 2, 2011 Georgia
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FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 12 years ago | Contributor
To be on the safe side, you should serve her with a written notice stating where your former girlfriend's property is located and a date to obtain possession of the items by a certain date, otherwise you will consider the items abandoned.
Many states require similar written notice as a condition for a person holding possession of the seemingly unwanted property to dispose of it.
One good way to get rid of the property without much worry of a negative result is to advise your former girlfriend in writing that if she does not pick up her furniture by a certain date, you will take it to a designated storage facility and place the items in a locker in her name.
If she does not pay the monthly fees for storage at a third party storage facility, it will then send her notice of its intent to auction off the items to pay for unpaid storage fees. That way you do not look like the bad guy.
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