My landlord took all of my personal property
Posted on : 02-12-2010 | By : Legal Information | In : Criminal Law, Landlord Laws, Legal Questions, Real Estate Law, Tenant Law, Theft
Tags: Indiana Landlord Tenant Law, Indiana Theft
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This occurred in Indianapolis, Indiana:
I had been communicating with my landlord that I would be moving. I had been there for five years and he communicated to me that I would need to be out by February. My landlord then obtained all of my possessions without notification. Then sold them stating that I abandoned the house.
The house was not abandoned in any way. My wife and I have a house that we live in. Then I still had the rental that I was trying to move the contents and had been communicating to him I was having trouble getting everything moved Due to the weather/truck issues.
In January I had to leave town. My wife was taking care of the house while I was away. My wife went there on the 7th of January to wait on the people we hired to move the contents and everything was fine. Due to heavy snowstorm the move was unable to be completed. When she went there on 22nd of the month everything was gone. I went by the house on the first of February and was devastated. My question would be what are my options on otaining restitution and what the time limit in which we would need to file this in court? Also is this criminal and due I need to file a police report?
You sue your formner landlord for the current value of the items taken and sold
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