Can I use a key and go into an office and get my computer back
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Can I use a key and go into an office and get my computer back
My ex employer has my personal
computer at her business with all my
personal information and photos and I
still have a key to this office can I go
there with my key and take my
computer
Asked on July 27, 2016 under Employment Labor Law, Alaska
Answers:
SJZ, Member, New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 8 years ago | Contributor
NO, do not do this. If you no longer work there, you have no right to access the space; if you do enter, you will be committing not just trespassing but potentially burglary, too. To get your computer back legally, sue her for it: you can sue her for the current value of the computer, and settle the case with its return (the easier but less certain way, since in theory she could choose to pay you the computer's value and keep it); or you could sue specifically for a court order requiring the computer's return (more complicated, since small claims court cannot grant orders like this; you'd have to sue in "regular" country court, which is a little more expensive and also more procedurally complicated for a non-lawyer). Only via a lawsuit can you legally obtain your computer.
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