In New Mexico now, my cousin died while living in a hotel. The hotel owner says I need a court order to retrieve her personal effects, which may include her Will. He also wants to charge rent until I do. I'm sure she paid by the month, but how do I get this court order to get her stuff? She also left all her money in neat little piles on the bed, which the hotel owner says is $1500, and promptly "put in his safe". There were little name tags by each pile, and now we don't know who gets what according to her wishes.