West Virginia Former-Tenant Abandoned Personal Property Notice

West Virginia Post-Order Personal Property Notice

Use only after a court grants possession and the tenant fails to remove all property by the date and time specified in the possession order.

Order Gate

• Court and case number: [________________________________]
• Possession order date: [__/__/____]
• Court-ordered vacate/removal deadline: [DATE / TIME]
• Deadline has passed and property remains: ☐ Yes
• Property custody method: ☐ Stored elsewhere ☐ Left on premises
• Property value: $[__________]
• Tenant identified property as abandoned in writing or property is garbage: ☐ No ☐ Yes [DETAILS]

Courtesy Notice

To former tenant: [________________________________]

Premises: [________________________________]

The court-ordered deadline to remove personal property expired on [DATE / TIME]. The following property remains:

[____________________________________________________________]

Contact [NAME / PHONE / EMAIL / ADDRESS] to arrange retrieval and payment of applicable reasonable costs.

• Reasonable removal/storage costs: $[__________]
• Reasonable on-premises holding costs: $[__________]
• Initial 30-day deadline: [__/__/____]

Unless property is written off by the tenant as abandoned or is garbage, the landlord may dispose of stored property after 30 days if the tenant has not paid reasonable removal/storage costs and taken possession, or if storage costs equal the property's value. Property left on the premises may be disposed of after 30 days if the tenant has not paid reasonable holding costs and taken possession.

If the property is worth more than $300, the tenant or a secured party may obtain up to 30 additional days of storage by informing the landlord within the initial period of an intent to remove the property and paying the reasonable storage and removal costs required by § 55-3A-3(i).

Record

• Order and deadline retained: ☐ Yes
• Inventory, photographs, valuation, and cost records retained: ☐ Yes
• Notice delivered by: [METHOD / DATE / ADDRESS]
• Tenant or secured-party response: [________________________________]
• Additional storage deadline, if applicable: [__/__/____]

Landlord/agent signature and date: [________________________________]

Sources and References

• W. Va. Code § 55-3A-3 — West Virginia Legislature — https://code.wvlegislature.gov/55-3A-3/