Central NJ Property Management - Take them to small claims court and get a judgment for the amount owed. If they do not pay you, go back to the judge and ask the court to attach their wages. Seek advice from a qualified attorney. We evicted a tenant and thought we would be owed quite a bit but to our surprise the tenant filed for a stay last minute and the judge required them to put approx. $1800 in escrow with the courts to even be heard for a stay. Then again to our surprise the court only granted the tenant 2 days longer and returned the money to us when done. After receiving the escrow money and the security deposit we were still short but not by enough to go through the paperwork and aggravation of chasing it. Our attorney said small claims court would be the fist line of defense when money is owed.

When we evicted our tenant we had them sign a form giving us the authorization to dispose of the items they left in the property due to the eviction and that they had no intentions to return for these items therefor holding us harmless. I checked with my attorney on this first and he said if the tenant agrees and signs it we were good to go. Like yourself we had set up a couple of times for the tenant to show and they never did. So how I approached this was I contacted the tenant and explained that there would be more cost to them if we had to move and store these items and if they really didn't want the items back that we might as well just dispose of them now vs. waiting 30 days. And the tenant did not want to have anymore costs tacked on so they willingly signed the agreement. Check with your attorney first. Hope this helps.