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

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Reviewing bailment law may also provide assistance.

On Thursday, February 16, 2017, Catherine Clark <Cat at loccc.com> wrote:

> You might think about getting a farm package from a title company for the
> properties within a certain distance and then send a postcard/one page
> letter to those folks.  You might also post flyers in the neighborhood.
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> I’m not sure that the lease gives the LL any interest in those clothes.
> Should some one complain, you should be able to show that you tried
> everything you could think of to contact them.
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> *Subject:* Re: [WSBARP] Commercial Lease - Dry cleaner "out of business"
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> Always amazed at new and different fact patterns:
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> Lessor says clothes have slips with last name only – no phone #.
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> 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.
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