Bought at court house steps (1st time), next step?

[Kevin L.]

Settled last week. Previous owner is no longer live in the house. However, there are some stuff left in the house as I can see from the window. Here are my questions if you can help, (State: Virginia)

1) I have the deed now. Can I legally change the lock? (I don't have the key, seems I have to drill the lock out and put my own in).

2) How to deal with the stuff the previous owner left behind? I know that I have to be cautious about removing them. Is there a way to put a notice somewhere (like at front door) to give previous owner notice to removed it within certain period of time, or they will be trashed?

Thank you very much for your help!