NJ Tenant Abandoned Property

[Steve Wilcox]

Hey Guys

I have a tenant that we belive has left a building. We have posted notices on both their enterances to their apartment, as well as asked all the other tenants in the building, and we have not heard back from the tenant, nor haas anyone who lives in the building seen them in over a month. I have had this happen in the past where people just disapear, move out and never notify especially when there is court for an eviction that will be eminent. 

We have not yet been to court but they have been notified

In NJ it takes a long time between court and when we actaully get the lockout completed and this apartment has been sitting without payment for a long period of time now, so the quicker we can take possesion to clean the place up and get it rented to a new person the better, but want to make sure we are doing it right. 

If the person has ghosted you for months, and appears to be gone when can we take back possession?

If we go inside I am sure there will be a bunch of abandonded possessions, trash, ect, I have almost never seen someone actually leave one of our apartments in broom clean condition in my market yet..