I was not at home when the Nazi returned. Eric, who has been here less than a month, only allowed him to walk out with his bike. The whole incident was pretty funny but has caused quite a stir.
I looked up the Virginia State code on abandoned property. I woould need my Blue book to cite it right, but just go to the link.
Although it doesn't tecnically apply because we are not the landlord, one could argue he has had resonable access to reclaim his property, it has been longer than 24 hours, and he has stopped by at least twice already. Is not this reasonable?
It is furthered assumed he still has a key. The locks will need to be changed. If Nate entered in a verbal argreement or contract to store the stuff, I did not. Well, Nate is gone now and so is any agreement.
Posted by Michael at March 3, 2004 08:47 PMMichael,
Basic Christian ethics state that if someone buys something...abandons it...then asks for it back you give it to them. It doesn't matter what the Virignia Code says...you don't have a right to someone's property just because they abandoned it.
Posted by: Jeremy at March 4, 2004 05:21 AMScrew Christianity. (kidding) I don't want his stuff. I want him to stay the Heck away from me!!!
Posted by: Michael at March 4, 2004 06:57 AMThe Nazi no longer has a viable claim on his property, or any way to prove that it's his property. It's not a matter of Christian morals, so much as it is a matter of him being halfway responsible and cleaning his crap out of the apartment when he left the first time. You should have thrown it all away after he left. There is no reason why he should be using your apartment as storage space. It's damn wrong.
Posted by: Elton at March 4, 2004 10:11 AMThanks Elton. How did you find this post? Just curious.
I just noticed I spelled the title wrong. It should be “Return” not “Reutun”