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Timestamp: 2019-03-27 00:32:20
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Self Storage Lien Laws - Washington DC Storage Law
Created: Wednesday, 04 February 2004 11:23
Last Updated: Saturday, 25 March 2017 10:26
Washington DC Storage Lien Law
TITLE 40. LIENS
CHAPTER 4. STORAGE LIENS
Chapter 4. Storage Liens.
§ 40–401. Definitions.
§ 40–402. Prohibited acts.
§ 40–403. Lien for rent, labor, or other charges.
§ 40–404. Enforcement of lien.
§ 40–405. Personal property vested in occupant.
(1) “Default” means the failure to perform any obligation or duty set forth in the rental agreement.
(2) “Last known address” means the address provided by the occupant in the rental agreement or the address provided by the occupant in a subsequent written notice of a change of address.
(4) “Occupant” means a person, including an assignee, a sublessee, or successor, entitled to the use of a leased space at a self-service storage facility under a rental agreement.
(5) “Operator” means the owner, operator, lessor, or sublessor of a self-service storage facility, an agent, or any other person authorized to manage the facility. The term “operator” shall not mean a warehouseman, unless the operator issues a warehouse receipt, bill of lading, or other document of title for the personal property stored.
(6) “Personal property” means movable property, not affixed to land, including goods, wares, merchandise, motor vehicles, watercraft, and household items and furnishings.
(7) “Rental agreement” means any written agreement that establishes or modifies the terms, conditions, or rules concerning the use and occupancy of a self-service storage facility.
(8) “Self-service storage facility” means any real property used for renting or leasing individual storage spaces in which the occupants themselves customarily store and remove their own personal property on a “selfstorage” basis.
(Feb. 6, 2004, D.C. Law 15-64, § 2, 50 DCR 9303.)
(Feb. 6, 2004, D.C. Law 15-64, § 3, 50 DCR 9303.)
(a) The operator shall have a lien on all personal property stored within each leased space for rent, labor, or other charges, and for expenses reasonably incurred in its sale, as provided in this chapter.
(Feb. 6, 2004, D.C. Law 15-64, § 4, 50 DCR 9303.)
(a)(1) If the occupant is in default for a period of more than 60 days, the operator may enforce the lien by selling the property stored in the leased space at a public sale.
(1) Notify the occupant of the default by regular mail at the occupant’s last known address;
(2) Send a second notice of default by certified mail, return receipt requested, to the occupant at the occupant’s last known address which includes:
(D) A statement that unless the claim is paid within the time stated, the contents of the occupant’s space will be sold at a specified time and place; and
(g) If the operator complies with the provisions of this chapter, the operator’s liability:
(i)(1) Unless otherwise specifically provided, all notices required by this chapter shall be sent by certified mail, return receipt requested.
(2)(A) Notices sent to the operator shall be sent to the self-service storage facility where the occupant’s property is stored.
(B) Notices to the occupant shall be sent to the occupant at the occupant’s last known address.
(Feb. 6, 2004, D.C. Law 15-64, § 5, 50 DCR 9303.)
(Feb. 6, 2004, D.C. Law 15-64, § 6, 50 DCR 9303.)