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Deceased Tenant - Tucson AZ

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  • Rental Property Investor
  • Seattle, WA
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We just found a tenant who died of natural causes in one of my commercial apartment MF buildings in Tucson, AZ. Anyone familiar with my legal obligations as landlord to the deceased or have links to the laws and codes, most of my Google searches are coming up with just some simple advice. 1) Follow local and state laws 2) Secure the Unit 3) wait for an executor of Estate to be identified 4) wait for them to claim possessions 5) begin clean up process Tenant died of natural causes. He was placed by an agency. Anyone have any advice on anything else? Not too many landlords that I personally know have went through this. Also do I need a Haz Mat team to clean up? Can I just remove the fluids - deep clean with Clorox and then repaint the unit? Odor and aIrborne pathogens are my concern. TIA for any input.

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