Eviction Questions
Interested in others thoughts. On the day of eviction: Question 1. Do we need someone licensed to change the locks in the presence of the marshall or can we do them ourselves ? 2. what happens if the tenant leaves any of their belongings ? Can we just throw away. it’s not clear to me….
Interested in others thoughts. On the day of eviction:
Question 1. Do we need someone licensed to change the locks in the presence of the marshall or can we do them ourselves ?
2. what happens if the tenant leaves any of their belongings ? Can we just throw away. it’s not clear to me.
Thanks.
Marshall’s office told me I could have the tenants stuff moved and stored or I could leave it in the apt for 30 days. After 30 days I can discard it because its considered abandoned. Is this true? I have not been able to find anything that says this.
On the day of the eviction you have to wait for the Marshall to enter at some point he will give you permission to change the locks (it can be you). Once the lock is changed he will hand you the keys, post an eviction sign on the door and the apartment is officially yours. Now listen very carefully. You cannot throw anything into the garbage. You should have an eviction mover taker out the things. Otherwise the tenant can still go to court to retrieve his items, which can be a lengthy process and may even be able to reclaim the apartment. However once if you have the tenants things removed you are rid of the tenant for good. So totally worth spending the extra cash for the movers. They cannot even step into the building or you can have the tenant arrested.
The locksmith that attends with the marshall should be able to rekey the locks, this is much cheaper than replacing the whole lock. The locksmith does something with the tumblers such that a new key is required (any that the tenant has will no longer open the lock). A lot of people don’t realize that you don’t have to replace the entire lock just because you want a different key to operate the lock. Locksmiths do this all the time.
On the day of the eviction,
the City Marshall brings their own
locksmith, in case there’s a problem
with the locks.
you could always have an extra kwikset
on hand (20 bucks at home depot) and pay the
locksmith to change the lock for you if
you don’t know how to do it yourself.
I think you have to do a short jig (a la Snoopy when he’s happy) accompanied by maniacal laughter. Then I think you have to adjust your cape, drink some blood from the innocent veins of a newborn, and make your reptilian eyes glint with ancient malice. Then I think you have burn the tenants belongings in the center of a pentagram, while chanting “Thank you, dark lord. Together may we triumph.”
Absolutely inconceivable that you got an eviction that “surprises” the tenant. Stuff on the curb. If they didn’t take it, they don’t want it.
Don’t know about the locks, but bully for you for getting to find out first hand.
good point, cillmyll
If you got someone evicted…why don’t you already know the answer to the questions?
congratulations!! I hope it didnt take too long and you didnt lose a whole lot of money.
and another lil old lady (probably someones gramma) shivers out on the winter streets of cold uncaring and heartless nyc 🙁
*rob*