Victorian Consolidated Legislation

Landlord and Tenant Act 1958 - SECT 42B

Landlord may remove and store goods

42B. Landlord may remove and store goods



(1) Where a landlord recovers possession of any premises because of the end or
other determination of the tenancy and goods remain on the premises which the
tenant fails or refuses to remove, the landlord may at his own expense remove
and store the goods.

(2) Where the tenant or any person who has resided in or occupied the premises
with the permission of the tenant claims any of the goods after they have been
removed by the landlord pursuant to subsection (1) that tenant or person shall
not be entitled to restoration of the goods until he has reimbursed the
landlord for the cost of removal and storage of and any other costs which the
landlord has incurred in respect of the goods claimed by him.