A residential landlord can recover a rental property from a tenant in one of three ways. 1. Surrender. The tenant vacates voluntarily and returns possession of the keys. 2. Abandonment. A residential rental property shall be determined to be "abandoned" if a tenant fails to respond after five days from the time the landlord shall post a notice of abandonment on the door to the rental property or any other conspicuous place on the property and send the tenant a copy of the abandonment by certified mail, return receipt requested, addressed to the tenant's last known address and to (5 comments)