Evicts tenant: Move items to storage or leave in house?

[Chris McKenzie]

I have a tenant eviction tomorrow in NJ. Does anyone have a thought on either moving their stuff to storage versus leaving in the house for them to remove?

My understanding is they have 30 days to remove before it’s considered abandoned. Tenant can choose 1 8-hour period within the 30 days to come back to get contents.

Alternatively I can have it moved to storage and they have to pay me back for fair market value for move and storage in order to get belongings.

Advantage is that house can be cleaned and Re rented quicker vs waiting. I also avoid them potentially damaging the property while back to get their stuff. Downside is the cost but seems like that can be covered as long as it’s fair market.

Any thoughts?

Thank you!

Chris M

[Nathan Gesner]

Quote from @Chris McKenzie:

The law confirms the tenant violated the lease and needs to move out, then they require you to store their belongings for a month? Ridiculous.

I would put it in storage. If the law allows, I wouldn't give them the location or key for the storage until they paid me what they owed, to include costs for storage and my labor for moving them. But I"m sure NJ has a law against that.