Official Post from the Ministry of Magic Owl: To Theodore Nott, Jr. When: May 12, 1998 Notes: None
Mister Theodore Nott, Junior:
The Ministry of Magic informs you that the monies, property, and lands previously owned by Theodore Anathaseus Nott, Senior, have been officially confiscated and will be sold to defray reconstruction costs and pay reparations to the victims of Death Eater violence. You will be allowed to return to Nott Manor to collect personal belongings worth not more than five hundred (500) galleons, provided that such belongings are claimed within ten business days of the sending of this Owl.
The disposition of the cottage given to you by your father remains in dispute, pending determination of the legality of his bequest. The property will not be sold until its legal ownership can be determined by officers of the Department of Reconstruction. You may enter the cottage once, to collect any personal belongings you may have left there, which well be counted against the five hundred galleon limit specified above.
This decision may be contested by appeal to the Department of Reconstruction.
Signed, Dolores Umbridge Undersecretary of the Department of Reconstruction