Ex-girlfriend and her/my rights to the property?

Question

girlfriend left and still has a lot of stuff at my place. i own my own home. she had chosen a day to come get her things 5 times and has only showed up once. there is still a lot remaining and she says she wants it. Now i want it out of my house as quickly as possible. She will name a day and contact me the day before and say she cannot make it. Is there legal action i can take that would require her to either remove the items from my property or possibly forfeit ownership of it so i am not liable when i throw it away or refuse to let her on my property? It has almost been 3 months since she has left. also this would be in the state of Pennsylvania

i already told her i would set it outside and put a sign on it that says "Free".....seriously. did not motivate her one bit. yet i dont want to really do it because im afraid ill be liable for it. dont wanna give the b*tch any $ if i dont have to.

Answer 1

I went through the same problem in NH with a girl friend that was living with me. She didn't want to come and get all of her things because she figured that if she left some of them at my place that maybe we would get back together. That's not what I wanted. So I took all of her things to her Mother's house .
Don't be mean and throw her things out, they're not yours and you could be liable for damages even though it's your place.
As a last resort, go to your State Police and tell them you want her things out of your house. They will meet her at your house and make her take her things.

Answer 2

A lot of places you can run an ad in the paper. I see them all the time in the Notices section: So and so must have your property removed from blah blah address by this date, or items will be donated to charity/disposed of/sold at auction/ etc. Check with the laws in your county, usually you have to give like a 30 day notice.

Me personally, I'd tell her a date and time-better yet send a certified letter that way you have proof it was received, and if it's not picked up by that time, tell her it's going to be at the end of the curb for the trash guys to collect, or anyone else that wants to take it :)

Answer 3

You are in the position of a landlord holding abandoned property.
You need to file what's called here in California a Notice of Belief of Abandonment, post it on your door and have her served with it.
Put her stuff in boxes and make an inventory of it which should be included in the Notice.
Usually there's an 18 day period in which she MUST give notice of her intent to pick the crap up and KEEP the appointment, otherwise on day 19 you can toss it in the dumpster.
PA likely has a similar law and procedure, check your codes under "abandoned property", likely under your landlord statutes.

Answer 4

In Missouri it is considerd abandoned property. What I would do is mail her a certified letter, so you have a reciept, give her 30 days to come remove her stuff. If she doesn't I would tell het it will be either sold or thrown away. This way you have a paper trail of how you tried to be accomadating and helpful.

Answer 5

Tell her that she needs to come pick her stuff up. Give her a day and a time and tell her if she's not there to pick it up on that day at that time, then you will start sticking her stuff out on the sidewalk with a sign on it that says 'Free'. Then keep your word on it. That's what I would do, and it should definitely motivate her to come pick it up. She's playing games, don't let it get the best of you.

Answer 6

send her a written demand that she remove her effects within one week.

if she fails to do so, I believe you'd be within your rights to move it all to a storage locker off premises and then send her a bill for the charge.

Don't give up the key without the payment, in cash.

And don't pay another dime after you set this up -- she can either pay or lose all her stuff to the stoarge operator, who will auction it off.

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I suppose you ought to check PA tenant law about abandoned property ... might be I left out some essential detail.


GL

Answer 7

Just give or mail her something in writing stating that the stuff has to be gone from your home by a certain date (specify when and what time), and if she doesn't get it then, then you can sell it, burn it, or do with it as you like.