Abandoned Property

As a landlord, in NM, what must I do legally to dispose of abandoned vehicle.

In North Carolina , a tenant who promises to pay back rent with a settlement from an unknown source , finally abandones a property ,moves his person and other tenants to another location and does not remove property for a period of more than 30 days is entitled to what ? Back rent excessive (more than $10,000 and house unfit to live in)

I manage a property for an owner. The tenant's lease expired on a Friday. The tenant left the property with a trash heap in the driveway. Included in the heap was a ripped-up bimini top for a powerboat. The owner went to the property on Sunday, saw the trash in the driveway and took everything to the dump. On Monday, the tenant said she went back for the bimini top, couldn't find it and now wants us to replace it. It was her boyfriend's, who wasn't a party to the lease. Are we liable?

I'm a Private Investigator in Florida. In September 2008, I contracted with a client to perform Executive Protection at a hearing in Volusia County. The client was involved in a lawsuit brought against him by former business associates. This Executive Protection detail was successful and the client was pleased. The client requested a referral to a local Attorney so I introduced him to an Orlando Attorney with whom I have an on-going professional relationship. My legal business address is within this attorney's law offices. My client subsequently became a client of this attorney. In doing so, this mutual client signed a contract that outlined both Attorney's fees and Investigator fees. This same client contacted me a few weeks later and requested that I remove his personal belongings from an apartment in advance of his eviction. In doing so, he directed me to cull certain items from the apartment, then forward these items to him in California. This client agreed to pay me for my services and forwarded a retainer for an amount that covered the actual move plus one month's storage of his belongings in a commercial storage facility. The client further agreed to assume financial responsibility for the storage units and to release me from any further obligation. The assigned tasks were completed just as directed.This particular client was very ambitious and had grandiose plans for many things. He invited me to become involved in his plans and I told him that, while I could accomplish many of his goals, I would require additional retainer funds before undertaking any additional tasks. He agreed and stated that additional retainer would be forthcoming. Inexplicably, this client then requested a refund of retainer funds already expended. I provided him with a detailed, line item accounting of his retainer expenditures and explained that my professional services could not be returned for a refund. He became furious and eventually sent several abusive, argumentative emails in which he blamed me for his decision to hire and pay a Private Investigator to move and store his household belongings, as opposed to hiring a moving company to move and store his household belongings. I did not respond to these emails, but I did contact the storage facility and advised the manager of the situation. The manager explained that transferring ownership of the rented units (and their contents) from me to the client was easily accomplished by executing a transfer of ownership via affidavit. The manager provided a form from her storage facility used to transfer ownership, which I signed and returned to the storage facility, along with the only keys to the unit. This notarized document specifically assigned ownership of the storage unit to this client as of November 1, 2008. The storage facility contacted this client and advised him that I had relinquished ownership of the storage units and in doing so, advised him that payment was due for the month of November. The client paid the storage fee for the month of November with a credit card. The storage facility then told the client that, in order to claim ownership and take control of the storage units, he would have to sign a contract with them, and accept financial responsibility for future storage unit rent payments. This agreement would be mailed to him and he must sign it before a Notary. The client refused to give a mailing address and insisted that the document be scanned and emailed. He stated that he would print the scan, sign it, then have a Florida Notary acknowledge his signature and return the document. Not surprisingly, the storage facility refused to scan the document and email it to him in California, pointing out that a Florida Notary cannot legally acknowledge a document signed in California. He became enraged and verbally abusive to the storage facility Manager and was eventually forbidden to contact her in any way. He was directed to deal with the owner of the storage facility, who also refused to scan and email the contract and other paperwork necessary to assume ownership and financial responsibility for the storage units. The client eventually became abusive and argumentative with the owner of the storage facility as well. This scenario ended with the now ex-client refusing to cooperate with the storage facility's procedure for claiming his household goods, and the storage facility refusing to accept illegally notarized documents from the ex-client. I became aware of the problems with this transfer of ownership in March of 2009, when the contents of the storage units became subject to sale at auction. I spoke with the manager of the storage facility who explained that, even though I had released my ownership of the contents of the storage units and specified a new owner, the new owner had only made one payment and had refused to sign a contract or become financially responsible for the rent. Since no one had been making the payments on the units, the contents were scheduled for auction in a few days. My mom was very ill at the time and I requested that the auction be postponed or canceled, since I was out of town visiting with her. In April, my mom was even more ill, and now in intensive care, so the auction was again canceled at my request. In May, my mom passed away and the auction was canceled. I began negations with the management to settle the balance due on the account. In June, the auction was canceled when I agreed to settle the debt for approximately 50% of the balance due. I also agreed to clean out the storage units before July 9th, 2009. On 22 June 2009, the manager of the storage facility called to say that circumstances had changed and that I would have to remove the contents of the storage facility by 30 June 2009. Due to previous commitments, I was unable to meet the new deadline. The manager eventually hired a moving company to move the contents of the storage units - at her expense - over the July 4th weekend. I have rented an alternate storage unit in another facility and the contents were moved to that new facility. I would like to stop paying to store this client's household goods. I would like to simply turn this stuff over to the sheriff as abandoned property. There is absolutely nothing of value and I have no interest in keeping it, but how do I get rid of it?

My son left the service (Coast Guard) where he was stationed in Florida and returned home to Michigan 3 weeks ago. He left behind a considerable amount of property in a friend's home (where he was living). The friend is involved in a bitter divorce situation and has moved from the home; ex wife moved back into the home and is now refusing to allow my son to return to claim his property. Is there any recourse that won't cost $1000 or more in attorney fees? She has said she will get a restraining order if my son shows up for his property.