Property Abandonment

[Amber Joseph]

Hello all! Recently we had a tenant refuse to pay until we fixed a problem in their unit, we were having a part shipped & it took a while to get here. We replaced it closer to the middle of the month & then they were "going" to pay rent. Well we also had the unit up for sale & it had been a few days & they had enough warning that we were showing the apartments. When my husband went to show the apartment the lady cursed him, didn't let him show the unit, & told him they were moving in a week or by the 1st. We went to the apartment after Oct 1st to clean.....the apartment had feces all over the floor from an animal not approved in their apartment. They also had a couole dressers & urine covered bed. They called us on the 6th of October wanting their now abandoned items. We have held the items over 30 days & they expect us to keep  them for them. We did not receive September rent. From Arkansas law I've seen if it is abandoned then we didn't even have to hold it. Could anyone verify this for me? Thanks 

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