1. Definition of Departed Person
A player will be deemed "Departed" if he fulfills any of the following
criteria:
1.1 His account status is "Quit", "Exiled", "Dead", or similar, and he has
not logged on for 7 days.
1.2 His account status is "Expired" or "Trial", and he has not logged on for 14 days.
2. Departed Guilds and Promotion of Members
2.1 In the event that all Elders of a guild are Departed, the
highest-ranked non-Departed guild members will be given the option to
promote themselves to Elder at the guild hall.
2.2 If a guild has no non-Departed Elders for a period of 14 days or
more, the guild will be defined as "Departed".
3. Treatment of property belonging to Departed Persons or Guilds
Once an entity (person or guild) has been deemed Departed, any
citizen clicking on this entity's property will be given the option to
"Claim" or "Tear Down". These options will remain until a citizen selects
either one, at which point the property will become his, or will be torn
down, respectively.
4. Exceptions
4.1 A work of art having fewer than 20 more negative votes than
positive votes may not be claimed or torn down under the terms of this
law.
4.2 Mentor shrines may not be claimed or torn down under the terms
of this law.
When Teppy put this law into effect, he decided to make the waiting period on departed guild owned compounds and buildings:
21 days where all elders are quit, dead, or exiled
28 days where all elders are expired accounts.
The 28-day rule was not explained accordingly on the System channel, but we got confirmation on this from a developer later on.