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  1. #1
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    Default Guitar and Amp Left at My House

    My question involves personal property located in the State of: Texas

    A friend of mine left a guitar, amp, cables, and FX pedal at my house, saying they would get more use with me, but I believe intending to get them back at some point. We had a falling out, despite which I attempted repeatedly to contact him and get him to come get them. There were dates and times set, none of which he made, or made contact for afterward. He has a couple of my dungeons and dragons books, which I honestly don't care about at this point, but thought would be worth mentioning.

    He left this stuff here... 6 months ago? At the start of summer I suppose, and have been attempting to get him to come get his stuff throughout. How long do I wait before it becomes 'mine'? Or is there a set time? I don't believe he's ever going to come looking for them at this point, but I want to make sure I'm going to avoid any legal issues should I ever have to sell them.

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    Default Re: Guitar and Amp Left at My House

    And I just recieved the message from a friend who asked their Lawyer Mum, who told me to "give the person a notice of 30 days to pick up the items...and if the deadline is met and no answer the items will either be kept or disposed of."

    Is this fair / legally safe? I'm not really too worried about this guy wanting his stuff back, from what I know of him after several years, he's not likely to risk a confrontation of any kind, even if it means losing the items mentioned, I just want my ass covered in case there IS any kind of biting to happen later.

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    Default Re: Guitar and Amp Left at My House

    You can request the items be picked up in X amount of time, or you will consider them "abandoned" property. See how he responds.

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    Default Re: Guitar and Amp Left at My House

    You can say a lot of things, but that doesn't automatically mean that what you say has any legal significance. Take a look at these statutes, including Texas Property Code, Sec. 72.101. See if your friend will let you bypass her as a middleman, and get some advice directly from her mom.

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