Personal Property left in Repo house I am listing to sell?

Question

I have been selling real estate for fifteen years and do a lot of REO listings. I have one today that I accepted. The people that lost it are going thru divorce and the man is only staying there one or two days a week. Most of their stuff was already moved out. I was told to rekey the property, to disconnect their utilities if they were still on and put them back on in company name.
My question is- Do I need to track down these people and see if they are coming to get the rest of their things or should I hire someone to come in and haul it away. The furnishings and stuff inside is all junk, but there is Riding Lawn Mower and a semi Truck and tow truck in the yard. Does anyone know what the law says about personal property left at the home that was lost. I would love for them to come get the vehichles out of the yard and the lawn mower. On the other hand I do not want to let them back into the house to gather the rest of the junk because I am afraid they will damage it even more. Could I get in trouble somehow by having the interior cleaned up and trash hauled away or would that be like stealing property?
I searched the board and couldnt find anything on this. I have not had an REO in the past where they were still kind of living in the house. The only other ones I have gotten, they had left most of their stuff there when they moved and I hired someone to come and clean up and haul off.
I would appreciate any thoughts on this. I live in Louisiana and tried to look it up under state laws. The only thing I got out of that was if they had left their belongings because of war, death in family, or they were in hospital.
Thanks,
Athena

Answer 1

Possession is 9/10's the law, therefore since you are acting on behalf of the bank who owns the property, you don't have to contact the people. I'm sure they've had plenty of notices, too. Those people no longer own the property, therefore their personal belongings no longer belong to them.

Answer 2

First have them/him evicted(In Texas you just set a court date and post a notice on the door).Or you could file trespass charges(big pain).It is so you can get a date of possession.At worse you may have to store the stuff for 30 days(ask local Justice of the peace for customery practices).

Answer 3

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