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Good evening. You clearly own the photos. The property manager was acting as your agent and you paid him to take those pictures on your behalf. If he will not turn them over willingly, file a suit against him for your actual damages....not only for the cost, but any deposit retainage you may now not be able to keep because you have no before pictures....plus punitive damages due to his bad faith. Once the suit is filed and a
judgment awarded, you become a judgment creditor and can have the sheriff serve
a summons on the losing party for a debtor examination. That forces the losing
party to meet the judgment creditor in court and answer questions under oath
about the losing party's assets. After that
information is obtained, the judgment creditor has the power to garnish wages, attach bank
accounts, and/or have the sheriff seize other
property to satisfy the judgment.

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