Legal Question in Landlord & Tenant Law in Virginia

We were not on the lease.
I was living with my mother, who was renting a house from a friend. My mom was the only name on the lease. I moved out of the house about a month before my mom did, but I left some of my furniture and personal belongings behind. When my mom moved out my things were still in the house. My mom and the landlord had an verbal aggreement that I could come back and get my things and do the walkthrough the weekend after mom moved out. The landlord called my mom the day after she moved out and said that there were some damages done to the house and she would not return my things to me until she was paid for the damages. My question is, since I was not on the lease does the landlord have the right to keep my things? I don't have any legal right to the house.

Asked on 11/06/03, 11:58 am

Michael Hendrickson Law Office Michael E. Hendrickson

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Re: We were not on the lease.

Since you were a de facto tenant, so to speak, in the house and living there, presumably, with the landlord's knowledge and permission, the landlord

has grounds to retain your property until the issue of the damages is properly settled.

Answered on 11/10/03, 3:00 pm

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