What happens if I fail to give access to the belongings within 72 hours of the eviction?

If a landlord fails to allow the tenant access to their belongings during the 72-hour period following the eviction by the sheriff’s department, the Board may do one or more of the following: 1. Order that the landlord not breach the obligation again; 2. Order that the landlord return the former tenant’s property that is in the possession of the landlord; 3. Order that the landlord pay a specified sum to the former tenant for, a. The reasonable costs that the former tenant has incurred or will incur in repairing or replacing the former tenant’s property that was damaged, destroyed or disposed of as a result of the landlord’s breach, and b. Other reasonable out of pocket expenses the former tenant incurred or will incur as a result of the landlord’s breach. 4. Order that the landlord pay the Board an administrative fine not exceeding the greater of $10,000 and the monetary jurisdiction of the Small Claims Court; 5. Make any order that it considers appropriate.

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