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I have a tenant who has died. What should I do to recover my apartment?
Don B, MI on Monday, September 10, 2012
RE: Tenant death
Contact the court official in your area who appoints executors, trustees, and who deals with probate. The court will be trying to contact next of kin, or to locate his will. If he died intestate (without a will), the state may benefit. But before they can, they need to try to find heirs. Only the executor of the estate or the appointed trustee should be accessing the belongings. (If you allow one heir in, how could you know if that is his closest heir, or the one he has left his possessions to?) Ask the court who they are appointing to settle his estate. That estate should be responsible for rent until they clear out his belongings.
Posted by
Dawn A, WI
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Monday, September 10, 2012
RE: Tenant death
Thank you very much. This is helpful.
Posted by
Don B, MI
on
Monday, September 10, 2012
RE: Tenant death
Were relatives notified? Did they remove tenant's belongings or are they still in the unit?
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