Legal Question in Landlord & Tenant Law in Arkansas
Eviction and disposing of personal property
I am in the state of Arkansas.
I was evicted in August 2004 due to unpaid rent. The landlord changed the locks on the doors. He did give me 30 days to pay the unpaid rent or he would dipose of any or all items in the house. He disposed of all items in the house. The unpaid rent was 750.00 and 435.16 was for moving and cleaning of the house which totaled 1,185.16. He wrote me a letter 5 months later and saying that I still owed him $435.16. He sold all of my items for only 750.00 and now want the rest of the money. I paid a security deposit of 200.00 and he will not deduct that from the 435.16. My main question is did he use the right procedures of eviction? He did use the self help method of removing my personal items and changing the locks. Can he still want the 435.16 from me without going to the courts to do it. He has legal binding yearly lease but hear is the catch I did not sign it! Do I have the right to know for sure that he sold my personal possessions for only that 750.00. How do i Know if he did not sell it for more? what rights do I have in this matter?
1 Answer from Attorneys
Re: Eviction and disposing of personal property
He had no right to sell your property. That is not allowed even if someone owes money. It doesn't sound like he used the proper form of eviction, either. But I would have to know all of what he did to say for sure.
You may have a case for wrongful eviction and conversion of your property. You might want to talk to a lawyer in more detail about this.
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