Whar are my rights if I bought a storage unit and found safe deposit keys inside?
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Whar are my rights if I bought a storage unit and found safe deposit keys inside?
I bought a storage unit and found keys for a safe deposit box inside. I also have death certificates for the owner. Am I able to retrieve the contents of the box and my own since I have purchased these keys? If so, how do I go about doing so?
Asked on February 18, 2012 under Real Estate Law, Iowa
Answers:
M.T.G., Member, New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 12 years ago | Contributor
Although it may appear on the surface that the you also bought the contents left in the unit, I would not advise that you do anything with those keys other than to return them to the owners or the bank and explain what happened. Put another way, you may have purchased the keys but that does not give you rights to anything BUT the keys. You have no rights to the contents of the box.
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