frenchtoast
Junior Member
What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? Maine
I have a question about how long I have to hold someone's things for them in storage. The background is that I was a college student renting an apartment and I sublet one of the rooms to a friend I'll call Sally. Not all of Sally's things fit into the apartment so some of their things were kept in storage at my father's house. (My father was the co-signer for the apartment when I moved in.) Sally decided not to pay rent regularly. I managed to get them to move out of the apartment but she left their things in storage at my father's house. She put her things in our basement when she moved in and has left them there long after she moved out. I called her and initially spoke to her several times about getting her things out of our basement. She moved out in July of 2007. Two weeks ago she called my father wanting her things back.
The problem is that we had to throw her things away. We had a problem with our furnace that damaged everything in there. We had assumed that she had abandoned her things. Her things were junk like yellowed children's books, a few stuffed animals and some glassware that you wouldn't even buy at a flea market. It was worth maybe $100 if we are speaking generously in her favor.
I am concerned that she will try to milk this for all its worth and claim that we owe her hundreds of dollars for this stuff. She can be very manipulative and a bit crazy sometimes. Has her property been left long enough for it to be considered abandoned. I really do not want my father to pay her anything as she still owes us about $5000 in back rent and tried to steal some of my things when she left.https://forum.freeadvice.com/images/icons/icon8.gif
Thanks for any information you can give me about abandoned property laws in Maine.
I have a question about how long I have to hold someone's things for them in storage. The background is that I was a college student renting an apartment and I sublet one of the rooms to a friend I'll call Sally. Not all of Sally's things fit into the apartment so some of their things were kept in storage at my father's house. (My father was the co-signer for the apartment when I moved in.) Sally decided not to pay rent regularly. I managed to get them to move out of the apartment but she left their things in storage at my father's house. She put her things in our basement when she moved in and has left them there long after she moved out. I called her and initially spoke to her several times about getting her things out of our basement. She moved out in July of 2007. Two weeks ago she called my father wanting her things back.
The problem is that we had to throw her things away. We had a problem with our furnace that damaged everything in there. We had assumed that she had abandoned her things. Her things were junk like yellowed children's books, a few stuffed animals and some glassware that you wouldn't even buy at a flea market. It was worth maybe $100 if we are speaking generously in her favor.
I am concerned that she will try to milk this for all its worth and claim that we owe her hundreds of dollars for this stuff. She can be very manipulative and a bit crazy sometimes. Has her property been left long enough for it to be considered abandoned. I really do not want my father to pay her anything as she still owes us about $5000 in back rent and tried to steal some of my things when she left.https://forum.freeadvice.com/images/icons/icon8.gif
Thanks for any information you can give me about abandoned property laws in Maine.