[WSBARP] Commercial Lease - Dry cleaner "out of business"

[Ron Housh]

Always amazed at new and different fact patterns:

 

Commercial lease for dry cleaner operation.  Lessee breaches Lease – nonpayment of rent.  Lessee has vacated the premises and arguably abandoned all property within the premises.  Lease does state that personal property of Lessee left behind is abandoned and becomes the property of Lessor.

 

BUT, Lessee has closed the doors of his business and there are clothes belonging to customers on the racks.  Lessor will post signage opening the doors 2 or 3 times for customers to retrieve clothes.

 

Lessor says clothes have slips with last name only – no phone #.

 

Other than posting the plans to open the doors a couple times, does the lessor have any further duties with regard to the clothes not retrieved by lessee’s customers?  Thanks.

 

 

I AM TYPICALLY IN THE SEATTLE OFFICE ON TUESDAY AND THURSDAY AND IN THE MOUNT VERNON OFFICE ON MONDAY, WEDNESDAY AND FRIDAY 

 

Ronald G. Housh, P.S.

Attorney at Law

 

Seattle Office:

1420 Fifth Avenue, Suite 3000

Seattle, WA 98101-2393

Phone:   206-381-1341

Fax:        206-464-0461

Email:     <mailto:ron at housh.org> ron at housh.org

 

Mount Vernon Office:

21411 Bluejay Place

Mount Vernon, WA 98274

Phone:  206-235-2459

Email:    <mailto:ron at housh.org> ron at housh.org

 


 

 

 

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