personal property

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Its efforts include a proposed ballot measure that would bar retroactive taxes, as well as banning new taxes on personal property, including retirement savings, stocks, bonds and intellectual property.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 17, 2026

You 100% should not be going through someone's personal property, especially if you are recording that and then posting that because that is a complete invasion of people's privacy.

From BBC • Jan. 12, 2026

Lenders don’t offer conventional loans for manufactured homes because structures that aren’t affixed to land are considered personal property, not real estate.

From MarketWatch • Dec. 31, 2025

The family would receive $900,000 to rebuild, $360,000 for personal property, $140,000 for loss of use and $380,000 for pain and suffering.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 30, 2025

That was enough to make these four boys his personal property.

From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis