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    Default Tenant Has Died but My Property is Still Inside the Building

    My question involves landlord-tenant law in the State of: California

    Basically a guy was renting a building and using it to produce media. He died unexpectedly a few weeks ago and when the Landlords found out they locked the building down which is fair enough. However there is a giant network of individuals who had been working/volunteering there who had all kinds of equipment and whatnot inside the building and still do.

    I understand the landlord's position as they don't want just anyone walking in and taking things. However it's quite tricky to try to drum up receipts for a bunch of articles that are of various ages and acquired through various means (second hand etc. etc. etc). Things like an assortment of 40+ chairs all acquired here and there as opportunities arose.

    My question is what can people do in this situation in order to retrieve their things?

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    Default Re: Person on Lease Has Died but My Stuff is Still Inside the Building

    Find the executor for the tenant's estate, and make arrangements through the executor to recover your property.

    If no estate has been opened, you can consider whether it's worth it to you (individually, or collectively with the other affected persons) to open one.

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    Default Re: Person on Lease Has Died but My Stuff is Still Inside the Building

    Awesome. Thanks!

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