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If a co-owner of a property came onto the property after being gone for 6 months & removed items that had been bought together. Is that a crime?
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No, if the person is a co-owner of the real property and the personal property, it would not be a crime. Even if this person had been gone for 6 months. The only way this may be a civil issue is if the person had made some sort of representation that he was abandoning the personal property. He would always own and have rights to the real property as long as his name was on the deed. Please just let me know if you have any more questions. If not, please don't forget to click on the green accept button in the answer box so that I can receive credit for helping you. It is the only way I can receive compensation for my time and it will charge you nothing further to press accept. Thanks so much!
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What if the co-owner did not have a key, entered in with the Realtor, knew where the spare key was kept & came back later to remove the property when no one was home?
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It is unlikely that the police will get involved in something like this because they will see that the person is a co-owner of the real property and the personal property (unless someone can prove otherwise). So if you wanted to pursue a civil lawsuit against this co-owner, you could do that. They cannot deprive you of the property that you jointly own. Also, there is a fine line between how and when someone is said to have abandoned their property. You did not tell me why the person stayed away for 6 months but in the event that this is between a married couple, it is even less likley that the authorities will get involved.