Tenant moved out and left a car with no paperwork

[Steve Graves]

I had a tenant move out without notice and left/abandoned a car without paperwork. I currently have a new tenant and they need the space the abandoned car is taking up. The rental is in California and the car is from Arizona. Has anyone on here ever had to deal with removing an abandoned vehicle?

Thanks

[Max Gradowitz]

California has specific laws when it comes to abandoned tenant property.  You have to put a good faith effort in providing notice to the tenant that you will dispose of their property if they don't get it themselves within a certain time.  The notice has to have certain info on it (see link below) and can be mailed or emailed.  You can store the abandoned property for a few weeks (again, see the link for the exact time frame) and then may get rid of it.

https://www.nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia/handling-tenants-abandoned-property-california.html