Evicition Laws & People's Personal Property

[barkley]

when i worked for social services (california) it was appaling how many clients "worked" the eviction process. the homeless assistance program would pay for 1st months rent and a deposit up to twice that amount of rent (in addition to all utility deposits)-and at that time a person/family could receive this program once per year. so....a client would get everything paid for-pay rent for maybe the next 5 months and then stop paying totaly. they knew that the eviction process could take up to 6 months if you filed appeals and reschedualed housing court dates-so by the time they actualy got kicked out they were eligible to start out "fresh" in a new place

alot of folks just left all their belongings in the old housing-and it was genuinly sad when you knew that these were the same clients that had been gifted with oppulent holiday gift baskets from our stretched too thin community groups (brand new game boys, expensive winter coats, cd players, small appliances...). alot of the landlords also found that cabinets of usable canned goods and other food products were just left behind.

don't know if other states have it, but there is an eviction registry in california. similar to a credit bureau-if you get evicted the landlord can list you so that another landlord can get a heads up before enduring the same nightmare.

 

[Evil Queen]

Well, I don't exactly live in a poor or low class neighborhood, so I highly doubt these were needy people taking the items. Also, since they don't make it public knowledge and distribute some sort of list showing what neighborhood is going to have people's stuff thrown onto the lawn, I'm going to stand by my "greedy" statement on this one. Especially considering it was a lot of people walking there from the complex, which isn't exactly a struggling, low rent community. If you can afford to live where I live, you wouldn't be considered "needy".

Now, I'm not following this. You live in a nice neighborhood, the neighbors don't NEED to take this stuff, but the folks evicted apparently couldn't stay there so they got evicted? Well, then that goes to show, that if the original owners (since the landlord probably legally owned it when it was tossed on the street) couldn't keep the apartment, that some folks in the 'hood may just well be needy.

 

[Mandy_in_NC]

In the state of North Carolina a landlord has to get evection papers then they have to go to court and have the eviction papers signed by a judge. One the papes are signed by the judge the papers then go to Civil divsions of the Sheriff's Dept. It is then up to the deputy to serve the papers. They can leave them on the door of the res if there is nobody there to get them . The tenant then has 30 days to vacate the property. After 30 days anything not taken from the residence then becomes property of the landlord. The landlord can sell it,keep it, or just throw it in the trash or put it on the street. The tentants knew that they had 30 days to get there stuff so if they didn't get it in that time then they didn't want the stuff. Also in the State Of NC anything left in the "trash" on the side of the road or curb is considered to be public domain Meaning anybody can get it and it is not stealing. I am a 911 dispatcher and I deal with people calling all the time wanting to know how to get people out of their property. I have also dealt with the people who have been kicked out. Some have tried to accuse the landlords of stealing their stuff and I have to explaine that if they have been evicted they had 30 days to get their stuff and now it belongs to the landlord and he can do as he wishes. Not a nice conversation to have. I usually get cussed out during these conversations.

 

[lowie]

In the State of Florida the eviction process is pretty lengthly, landlords have to go through the court system, etc. So, it is not a surprise to the tenant. I think some people are just in denial or don't have any options.

actually florida is quite quick and easy compared to new york.. there it can take YEARS, here in florida it can be as fast as a few weeks if you can get a judge to sign it quickly.
as for the OP, you should have called the police if you saw people stealing, even if the sheriff was there, he was obviously not doing his job properly.

 

[summerrluvv]

Now, I'm not following this. You live in a nice neighborhood, the neighbors don't NEED to take this stuff, but the folks evicted apparently couldn't stay there so they got evicted? Well, then that goes to show, that if the original owners (since the landlord probably legally owned it when it was tossed on the street) couldn't keep the apartment, that some folks in the 'hood may just well be needy.

Considering that this isn't a common occurance, I'll still stand by my statement that I don't live in a "needy" development, perhaps just a greedy one.