If a renter leaves their home and stops paying rent for 30 days, the landlord can consider the place abandoned. The landlord has to post a notice at the home and mail a notice to the renter's last known address. If the renter does not pay rent or write back within 10 days, the landlord can remove or throw away anything the renter left behind, with no legal trouble for doing so.
441.065. of rental , when, procedure. — Any property of a remaining in or at the premises, after the tenant the premises, may be or by the landlord without to the tenant for such or . The premises shall be if:
(1) The landlord has a reasonable belief that the tenant has the premises and intends not to ;
(2) The rent is due and has been unpaid for thirty days; and
(3) The landlord posts written notice on the premises and mails to the last known address of the tenant by both first class mail and , a notice of the landlord's belief of abandonment. The notice shall include the following, where :
(4) The tenant fails to either pay rent or respond in writing to the landlord's notice within ten days after both the date of the and of such notice by either first class mail or certified mail, return receipt requested, stating the tenant's intention not to abandon the premises.
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Source & history notes
(L. 1997 H.B. 361)
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