I'VE BEEN PAYING FOR AN AUNT'S STORAGE UNIT SINCE 5/03. I HAVE

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I'VE BEEN PAYING FOR AN AUNT'S STORAGE UNIT SINCE 5/03. I HAVE THE RECIEPT. AT SOME POINT SOME THE STUFF BECOME LEGALLY MINE.

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PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania

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I ASKED A MAGISTRATE HE COULD ONLY TELL WHAT TO DO IN THE FUTURE, NO WHAT THE LAW WAS ALREADY IF I WANT TO GET RID OF THE STUFF NOW

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Do you have a written agreement that you would pay for the storage of her items? If it was only verbal, what were the terms of the agreement? Have you given her notice of your intent with respect to the items?

Reply to Jen Sterling's Post: SHE IS 81 IN A NURSING HOME WITH A STROKE UNLIKELY TO EVER GET OUT. I CAN NO LONGER AFFORD TO PAY FOR A STORAGE UNIT. I RECENTLY GOT A BIGGER APARTMENT WITH A BASEMENT SO I HAVE THE ITEMS HERE BUT FOR SIX MONTHS WHILE I WASN'T WORKING I PAID FOR THE UNIT WITH MY CHARGE CARD(ALSO ON THE RECIPT)NOW I CANT PAY THAT BILL AND WOULD LIKE TO SELL SOME OF THE ITEMS TO PAY THAT OFF. SO WHERE SO I STAND?

ACTUALLY I SOLD A FEW THINGS THAT'S WHY I NEED TO KNOW WHERE I AM WITH THIS

Hello,

Typically, you would need to notify the owner of the items of your intent to sell if they are not retrieved and/or the storage fees are paid in a certain period of time. The easiest method would be if your aunt willing to simply sign the items over to you. However, in Pennsylvania, property is considered unclaimed/abandoned after 5 years.

In general, unclaimed property in Pennsylvania is governed by Pennsylvania's Disposition of Abandoned and Unclaimed Property Act, 72 P.S. 1301.1-1301.29. (Reference)

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