Utah Former-Tenant Abandoned Personal Property Notice

Utah Notice of Abandoned Personal Property

Use only after the tenant has abandoned the premises. Utah Code § 78B-6-816 requires posting and first-class mailing, a 15-calendar-day recovery period, and additional notice before a public sale.

Procedure Gate

• Facts establishing abandonment documented: ☐ Yes
• Premises lawfully retaken: ☐ Yes
• Property inventoried and photographed: ☐ Yes
• Motor vehicles excluded and handled separately: ☐ Yes
• Hazardous items, animals, garbage, perishables, and pest-risk items separated for immediate lawful disposal: ☐ Yes
• Domestic violence, extended hospitalization, or tenant death may require an extension of up to 15 additional calendar days: ☐ Checked

Notice

Notice date: [__/__/____]

Former tenant: [________________________________]

Last-known address: [________________________________]

Former dwelling: [________________________________]

The landlord considers the following personal property abandoned and has removed and stored it:

[____________________________________________________________]

Storage location: [________________________________]

Contact for retrieval: [NAME / ADDRESS / PHONE / EMAIL]

Actual inventory, moving, and storage costs through retrieval: $[__________]

You may recover the property by delivering a written demand with evidence of ownership and paying the applicable inventory, moving, and storage costs no later than [__/__/____], 15 calendar days after this notice.

If no reasonable recovery effort is made, required costs are not paid, and no court hearing concerning the property is pending, the landlord may after the statutory period:

☐ Sell the property at a public sale and apply proceeds to authorized amounts due

☐ Donate the property to charity if commercially reasonable

☐ Other counsel-approved action: [________________________________]

Public-Sale Addendum

Use only if a public sale is selected. Mail this addendum to the last-known address at least five calendar days before sale.

Sale date and time: [________________________________]

Sale place or method: [________________________________]

If present, the tenant may specify the order of sale. Only enough property may be sold to satisfy authorized amounts, and unsold property must be released. Surplus proceeds must be paid to the tenant if the tenant's location is known or handled under Utah's unclaimed-property law.

Service Record

• Posted conspicuously on [DATE / PLACE]: [________________________________]
• Sent first-class mail on [DATE] to last-known address: [________________________________]
• Public-sale addendum mailed, if applicable: [________________________________]
• Copies, inventory, photographs, receipts, and mailing proof retained: ☐ Yes

Landlord/agent signature and date: [________________________________]

Sources and References

• Utah Code § 78B-6-816 — Utah Legislature — https://le.utah.gov/xcode/Title78B/Chapter6/78B-6-S816.html