Vacant Foreclosed Home Being Used As A Local Dump; Clean-Up Without Court Order Would Be Criminal Trespass, Says City

In Centennial, Colorado, CBS4 reports:

• People who live in one Centennial neighborhood are worried more piles of trash could end up in front of foreclosed homes as owners are evicted and banks take over after mortgages are defaulted. The front yard of one home has turned into a dump after the family moved out. [...] "People are coming through and using it as a dump now, there's more there now then there was to start with," said [...] another neighbor.

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• As for the trash pile, Centennial's code enforcement spokesperson said Fidelity Bank now owns the property. The city said trespassing to clean it up would be a crime. [...] A judge would have to give approval for anyone else besides the bank to clean up the trash.

For the story, see Trash Piles Up Outside Foreclosed Centennial Home.