ok so basically what happend is my husband and i moved out of pur house. the landlord promised us that wecould indefinately use garage as storage until we found a new place. well, when we found the new place we went back to get our property only to find the landlord allowed the new tennants to goin the garage n pick thru it, taking what they wanted. (of course he and they both deny it, but neighbors saw them carrying in my property.) we lost a sectional couch, matching coffee table, 48 inch projection tv, small 20 tv w/ vcr built in, a baby stroller amongs many other things. The police said this matter is civil n they wont help, but stuff was all bought used at garage sales n stuff n i have no reciepts. i do have the 48 inch tv remote tho. what can i do to get my stuff back??? (im desparate)
2007-09-04 18:03:42 · 7 answers · asked by Athena S 2 in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
I'm sure if this went to court your landlord will say he had no such agreement with you...so unless you have an agreement for storage in writing...most judges will view this as an abandoned property issue.
2007-09-06 02:36:25 · answer #1 · answered by LILL 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
File a suit in civil court for the return of your stuff. Have the witnesses come to court and provide testimony. Essentially, the police are saying that you cannot prove beyond a reasonable doubt that your landlord and another tenant stole your stuff, thus filing criminal charges is a waste of time as you will not get a conviction. You may be able to prove that in all likelihood your landlord and another tenant took your property, which would be sufficient to win a civil case.
2007-09-05 01:12:40 · answer #2 · answered by msi_cord 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Duh....call the cops? F them. Don't you just want to go in and take it all back yourself. You got any brothers? What about your husbands friends? Go kick some @ss and get your $hit. Take em to court, IF you win what are you gonna get? The court will depreciate everything and then you have to actually collect something. Good luck. Go get your $hit.
2007-09-05 01:08:17 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
Try Judge Judy. Seriously though small claims court maybe your only resort.
2007-09-05 01:10:31 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
It should have been easier to use public storage, $1 for the first month of storage. I wouldn't have trusted anyone with my stuff!
2007-09-05 01:12:02 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
take the officers advice and file civil suite. take witnesses and any photos you might have of your things in the background, etc.
good luck!
2007-09-05 01:08:06 · answer #6 · answered by stevesherri 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
God damn people, why don't you take the law into your own hands - I can't be policing my entire jurisdiction!!
2007-09-05 01:08:45 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋