St. Louis Mayor Francis Slay's office issued a press release earlier this month announcing that the city will begin enforcing a policy prohibiting landlords from dumping the belongings of evicted tenants at the curb.

The new policy took effect June 13, 2005.  Penalties for violators can include a fine of up to $500 and up to 90 days in jail.  In addition, the city will bill the landlord for the cost to remove the dumped property from the street.

To read the entire press release, please visit St. Louis City Leaders to ?Clean Up? Tenant Evictions.

If you have any questions or comments about this or any other code compliance issue, please feel free to contact High Risk Specialist J. Schwegel, by email at j.schwegel@safeguardproperties.com, or by telephone at 800-852-8306, ext. 1123.

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