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AL Code § 8-15-35 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 8 - Commercial Law and Consumer Protection.|Chapter 15 - Public Warehouses.|Article 2 - Self-Service Storage Facilities.|Section 8-15-35 - Posting of Notice as to Effect of Failure to Pay Charges.

Section 8-15-35Posting of notice as to effect of failure to pay charges. REPEALED IN THE 2021 REGULAR SESSION BY ACT 2021-183 EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 1, 2021. THIS IS NOT IN THE CURRENT CODE SUPPLEMENT. Each owner acting pursuant to this article shall keep posted in a prominent place in his office at all times a notice which shall read as follows: "All articles stored by a rental agreement, and charges not having been paid for 30 days, will be sold or otherwise disposed of to pay charges." (Acts 1981, No. 81-769, p. 1321, §6.)
AL Code § 8-15-36 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 8 - Commercial Law and Consumer Protection.|Chapter 15 - Public Warehouses.|Article 2 - Self-Service Storage Facilities.|Section 8-15-36 - Rights Provided by Article as Additional to Other Rights Allowed by Law.

Section 8-15-36Rights provided by article as additional to other rights allowed by law. REPEALED IN THE 2021 REGULAR SESSION BY ACT 2021-183 EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 1, 2021. THIS IS NOT IN THE CURRENT CODE SUPPLEMENT. Nothing in this article shall be construed as in any manner impairing or affecting the right of the parties to create additional rights, duties, and obligations in and by virtue of the rental agreement. The rights provided by this article shall be in addition to all other rights allowed by law to a creditor against his debtor. (Acts 1981, No. 81-769, p. 1321, §7.)
AL Code § 8-15-37 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 8 - Commercial Law and Consumer Protection.|Chapter 15 - Public Warehouses.|Article 2 - Self-Service Storage Facilities.|Section 8-15-37 - Effect of Other Laws Governing Rights of Creditors and Landlords Against Debtors and Tenants.

Section 8-15-37Effect of other laws governing rights of creditors and landlords against debtors and tenants. REPEALED IN THE 2021 REGULAR SESSION BY ACT 2021-183 EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 1, 2021. THIS IS NOT IN THE CURRENT CODE SUPPLEMENT. The rights provided by this article shall be in addition to all other rights allowed by law to a creditor against his debtor and by a landlord against his tenant. (Acts 1981, No. 81-769, p. 1321, §8.)
AL Code § 8-15-38 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 8 - Commercial Law and Consumer Protection.|Chapter 15 - Public Warehouses.|Article 2 - Self-Service Storage Facilities.|Section 8-15-38 - Applicability of Article.

Section 8-15-38Applicability of article. REPEALED IN THE 2021 REGULAR SESSION BY ACT 2021-183 EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 1, 2021. THIS IS NOT IN THE CURRENT CODE SUPPLEMENT. The provisions of this article shall apply to all rental agreements entered into or extended or renewed after May 27, 1981. (Acts 1981, No. 81-769, p. 1321, §9.)
AL Code § 8-15-40 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 8 - Commercial Law and Consumer Protection.|Chapter 15 - Public Warehouses.|Article 2A - Self-Service Storage Facilities Act.|Section 8-15-40 - Short Title.

Section 8-15-40Short title. This article shall be known and may be cited as the Self-Service Storage Facilities Act. (Act 2021-183, §1.)
AL Code § 8-15-42 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 8 - Commercial Law and Consumer Protection.|Chapter 15 - Public Warehouses.|Article 2A - Self-Service Storage Facilities Act.|Section 8-15-42 - Use of Leased Space for Residential Purposes Prohibited.

Section 8-15-42Use of leased space for residential purposes prohibited. (a) An operator shall not knowingly permit a leased space at a self-service storage facility to be used for residential purposes. (b) An occupant shall not use a leased space for residential purposes. (Act 2021-183, §1.)
AL Code § 8-15-43 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 8 - Commercial Law and Consumer Protection.|Chapter 15 - Public Warehouses.|Article 2A - Self-Service Storage Facilities Act.|Section 8-15-43 - Access for Inspection or Repair of Leased Space.

Section 8-15-43Access for inspection or repair of leased space. An occupant, upon reasonable request from the operator, shall allow the operator to enter a leased space for the purpose of inspection or repair. If an emergency occurs, an operator may enter a leased space for inspection or repair without notice to or consent from the occupant. (Act 2021-183, §1.)
AL Code § 8-15-44 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 8 - Commercial Law and Consumer Protection.|Chapter 15 - Public Warehouses.|Article 2A - Self-Service Storage Facilities Act.|Section 8-15-44 - Lien of Operator, etc., of Self-Service Storage Facilty Upon Personal Property Located at Facility.

Section 8-15-44Lien of operator, etc., of self-service storage facilty upon personal property located at facility. (a) The operator of a self-service storage facility and the heirs, executors, administrators, successors, and assigns of the operator shall have a lien upon all of the personal property of an occupant located at the self-service storage facility for delinquent rent, late fees, labor, or other charges incurred pursuant to a rental agreement and for expenses incurred for preservation, sale, or disposition of the personal property. The lien provided for in this section is superior to any other lien or security interest, except for a tax lien as otherwise provided by law. (b) The lien described in subsection (a) attaches on the date on which personal property is placed in a leased space. (c) The rental agreement shall contain a statement, in bold type, advising the occupant of all of the following: (1) The existence of the lien. (2) That personal property stored in the leased space may be sold to satisfy the lien if the occupant is in default. (3) That the occupant must disclose any lienholders with an interest in property that is stored or will be stored in the leased space. (d) If the rental agreement specifies a limit on the value of personal property that the occupant may store in the leased space, the limit shall be deemed to be the maximum value of the personal property in the leased space of the occupant. (e) The rental agreement may provide for a reasonable late fee when the occupant is in default. A monthly late fee of twenty dollars ($20) or 20 percent of the monthly rental amount, whichever is greater, shall be considered reasonable and is not a penalty. (Act 2021-183, §1.)
AL Code § 8-15-45 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 8 - Commercial Law and Consumer Protection.|Chapter 15 - Public Warehouses.|Article 2A - Self-Service Storage Facilities Act.|Section 8-15-45 - Default by Occupant - Denial of Access; Removal and Disposition of Personal Property.

Section 8-15-45Default by occupant - Denial of access; removal and disposition of personal property. If the occupant is in default, the operator may deny the occupant access to the leased space at the self-service storage facility. The operator may enter and remove the personal property from the leased space to other suitable storage space pending its sale or other disposition. (Act 2021-183, §1.)
AL Code § 8-15-47 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 8 - Commercial Law and Consumer Protection.|Chapter 15 - Public Warehouses.|Article 2A - Self-Service Storage Facilities Act.|Section 8-15-47 - Risk of Loss or Damage to Personal Property.

Section 8-15-47Risk of loss or damage to personal property. Unless the rental agreement specifically provides otherwise and until a lien sale is conducted under Section 8-15-46, the exclusive care, custody, and control of all personal property stored in a leased space remains vested in the occupant, and the occupant shall bear all risks of loss or damage to that personal property. (Act 2021-183, §1.)
AL Code § 8-15-48 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 8 - Commercial Law and Consumer Protection.|Chapter 15 - Public Warehouses.|Article 2A - Self-Service Storage Facilities Act.|Section 8-15-48 - Rights Provided by Article as Additional to Other Rights Allowed by Law.

Section 8-15-48Rights provided by article as additional to other rights allowed by law. This article does not impair the power of the parties to a rental agreement to create rights, duties, or obligations in the rental agreement. The rights provided to an operator by this article are in addition to all other rights provided by law to a creditor against a debtor or to a landlord against a tenant. (Act 2021-183, §1.)
AL Code § 8-15-49 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 8 - Commercial Law and Consumer Protection.|Chapter 15 - Public Warehouses.|Article 2A - Self-Service Storage Facilities Act.|Section 8-15-49 - Applicability of Article.

Section 8-15-49Applicability of article. This article shall apply to all rental agreements entered into, extended, or renewed after October 1, 2021. (Act 2021-183, §1.)
AL Code § 8-16-1 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 8 - Commercial Law and Consumer Protection.|Chapter 16 - Weights and Measures.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 8-16-1 - Definitions.

Section 8-16-1Definitions. For the purposes of this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them by this section: (1) REGISTERED SERVICE AGENT. Any individual, agency, firm, company, or corporation that for hire, commission, or other payment of any kind, services, repairs, or reconditions any weighing or measuring devices, and that registers with the Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries. (2) SELL or SALE. Such terms shall include barter and exchange. (3) WEIGHTS, MEASURES or WEIGHING OR MEASURING DEVICES. Such terms include all weights, scales, beams, measures of every kind, instruments and mechanical devices for weighing, or measuring, and any appliances and accessories connected with any or all such instruments. (Ag. Code 1927, §241; Code 1940, T. 2, §600; Act 2013-212, p. 485, §1.)
AL Code § 8-16-2 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 8 - Commercial Law and Consumer Protection.|Chapter 16 - Weights and Measures.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 8-16-2 - Standard Measure of Length, Surface, Weight, and Capacity.

Section 8-16-2Standard measure of length, surface, weight, and capacity. There is but one unit or standard measure of length and surface, one of weight, one of capacity for liquid substances, and one of capacity for dry substances throughout this state, which must be in conformity with the standard measure of length, surface, weight, and capacity established by Congress. Any firm, association, corporation, or person selling, offering, or exposing for sale any commodity by weight or measure which does not correspond with such standard or measure is guilty of a misdemeanor. (Ag. Code 1927, §228; Code 1940, T. 2, §587.)
AL Code § 8-16-3 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 8 - Commercial Law and Consumer Protection.|Chapter 16 - Weights and Measures.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 8-16-3 - Standards Approved by Congress to Be State Standards.

Section 8-16-3Standards approved by Congress to be state standards. The standards of weights and measures received from the United States under a resolution of Congress approved June 14, 1836, and such new weights and measures as shall be received from the United States as standard weights and measures in addition thereto or in renewal thereof, and such as shall be procured by the state in conformity therewith and certified by the national bureau of standards shall be the state standards by which all state, county, and municipal standards of weights and measures shall be tried, proved, and sealed. (Ag. Code 1927, §230; Code 1940, T. 2, §589.)
AL Code § 8-16-4 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 8 - Commercial Law and Consumer Protection.|Chapter 16 - Weights and Measures.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 8-16-4 - Contracts Construed According to Standards Ascertained by Congress.

Section 8-16-4Contracts construed according to standards ascertained by Congress. All contracts made within this state for any work to be done or for anything to be sold or delivered must be construed to have been according to the standard of weight and measure ascertained by Congress, unless the parties stipulate to the contrary. (Ag. Code 1927, §229; Code 1940, T. 2, §588.)
AL Code § 8-16-6 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 8 - Commercial Law and Consumer Protection.|Chapter 16 - Weights and Measures.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 8-16-6 - Duties Generally of Commissioner Respecting Weights and Measures.

Section 8-16-6Duties generally of commissioner respecting weights and measures. With respect to weights and measures, the Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries shall have the following duties: (1) To try and prove by the state standards, at least once in five years, all weights, measures, and other apparatus which may belong to any county or city and shall seal such when found to be accurate, stamping on them the letter "A" and the last two figures of the year with seals which he or she shall have and keep for that purpose. (2) To have and keep a general supervision of the weights, measures, and weighing and measuring devices offered for sale, sold, or in use in the state. (3) Upon the written request of any citizen, firm, corporation, or educational institution in the state, to test or calibrate weights, measures, weighing, or measuring devices, and instruments or apparatus used as standards in this state. (4) To assure that at least once annually all scales, weights, and measures used in checking the receipts and disbursements of supplies in every institution for the maintenance of which moneys are appropriated by the Legislature are inspected, and report in writing his or her findings through the supervisory board and to the executive officer of the institution concerned. At the request of such board or executive officer, the Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries shall appoint in writing one or more employees then in the actual service of each institution who shall act as special deputy or deputies, without extra compensation, for the purpose of checking the receipts and disbursements of supplies.  (5) To include a report of the work done by his or her office in his or her general report to the State Board of Agriculture and Industries. (6) To inspect all standards and apparatus used by the counties and cities at least once in five years and shall keep a record of the same. (7) At least once in five years, to visit the various cities and counties of the state in order to inspect the work of the local sealers of weights and measures. (8) To issue from time to time regulations for guidance for city and county sealers, and the regulations shall govern the procedure to be followed by these officers in the discharge of their duties. (Ag. Code 1927, §232; Code 1940, T. 2, §591; Act 2013-212, p. 485, §1.)
AL Code § 8-16-8 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 8 - Commercial Law and Consumer Protection.|Chapter 16 - Weights and Measures.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 8-16-8 - Weights or Measures Corresponding With Standards to Be Sealed or Marked.

Section 8-16-8Weights or measures corresponding with standards to be sealed or marked. Whenever the Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries or a local sealer of weights and measures compares weights, measures or weighing or measuring devices and finds that they correspond, or causes them to correspond, with the standards in his possession, he shall seal or mark such weight, measure or weighing or measuring device with appropriate devices to be approved by the commissioner. (Ag. Code 1927, §237; Code 1940, T. 2, §596.)
AL Code § 8-16-9 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 8 - Commercial Law and Consumer Protection.|Chapter 16 - Weights and Measures.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 8-16-9 - Condemnation, Repair, etc., of Nonstandard Weights and Measures.

Section 8-16-9Condemnation, repair, etc., of nonstandard weights and measures. (a) The Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries or a local sealer of weights and measures shall condemn, seize, and may destroy weights, measures, or weighing or measuring devices which are false, fraudulent, or cannot be made to conform to the legal standards. They shall condemn and mark or tag as "condemned for repairs" such weights, measures, or weighing, or measuring devices which are found incorrect and yet, in their best judgment, may be repaired. (b) The owners or users of any weights, measures, or weighing or measuring devices which have been condemned for repairs shall have the same repaired and corrected within 10 days, and they may neither use nor dispose of the same in any way, but shall hold the same at the disposal of the Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries or local sealer of weights and measures. Any weights, measures, or weighing or measuring devices which have been condemned for repairs and have not been repaired as required above shall be confiscated by such commissioner or sealer. (Ag. Code 1927, §238; Code 1940, T. 2, §597.)
AL Code § 8-16-10 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 8 - Commercial Law and Consumer Protection.|Chapter 16 - Weights and Measures.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 8-16-10 - Seizure for Evidence of Incorrect, False, or Unsealed Weight, Measure, Device, Package, or Commodity.

Section 8-16-10Seizure for evidence of incorrect, false, or unsealed weight, measure, device, package, or commodity. The Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries or any local sealer of weights and measures is authorized and empowered to seize for use as evidence, without formal warrant, any incorrect, false, or unsealed weight, measure, weighing, or measuring device, package, or amount of commodity found to be used, retained, or offered or exposed for sale, or sold in violation of the law. (Ag. Code 1927, §239; Code 1940, T. 2, §598.)
AL Code § 8-16-11 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 8 - Commercial Law and Consumer Protection.|Chapter 16 - Weights and Measures.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 8-16-11 - Powers of Sheriff Conferred Upon Commissioner and Sealers; Exhibition of Badges; Power of Arrest.

Section 8-16-11Powers of sheriff conferred upon commissioner and sealers; exhibition of badges; power of arrest. There is conferred upon the Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries and local sealers of weights and measures the same powers in their respective jurisdictions as are possessed by sheriffs of this state for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this chapter only. In the exercise of their duties they shall exhibit their badges to any person questioning their authority upon demand. They are authorized and empowered to make arrests of any person violating any provisions of this chapter. (Ag. Code 1927, §240; Code 1940, T. 2, §599.)
AL Code § 8-16-12 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 8 - Commercial Law and Consumer Protection.|Chapter 16 - Weights and Measures.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 8-16-12 - Possession of Altered, etc., Weight, Measure or Device Prima Facie Evidence of Guilt.

Section 8-16-12Possession of altered, etc., weight, measure or device prima facie evidence of guilt. In all prosecutions for the violation of any laws relating to weights and measures, the possession of a weight, measure or weighing or measuring device which has been altered, changed or in any manner tampered with so that the same shall give a false or wrong weight or measure in either buying or selling any commodity, thing or service shall be prima facie evidence of the guilt of the person having the same in possession. (Ag. Code 1927, §244; Code 1940, T. 2, §602.)
AL Code § 8-16-13 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 8 - Commercial Law and Consumer Protection.|Chapter 16 - Weights and Measures.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 8-16-13 - Existence of Weights, Measures or Devices in Place of Sale, etc., Presumptive Proof of Use and Ownership.

Section 8-16-13Existence of weights, measures or devices in place of sale, etc., presumptive proof of use and ownership. For the purposes of this article, proof of the existence of weights, measures or weighing or measuring devices in or about any building, enclosure, stand or vehicle in or from which it is shown buying or selling is commonly carried on shall be presumptive proof of their regular use for such purposes and of their ownership by the person so using or possessing them, and such fact shall be deemed to remain established until disproved beyond reasonable doubt. (Ag. Code 1927, §263; Code 1940, T. 2, §619.)
AL Code § 8-16-15 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 8 - Commercial Law and Consumer Protection.|Chapter 16 - Weights and Measures.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 8-16-15 - Rules and Regulations; Fees.

Section 8-16-15Rules and regulations; fees. (a) The Board of Agriculture and Industries shall have the right and power to adopt and promulgate all reasonable and necessary rules and regulations for the better enforcement of the provisions of law relative to weights and measures and the sale of commodities, things, or service by weight or measure, and to establish a fee payable annually by all individuals or entities subject to this section not to exceed one hundred fifty dollars ($150) for reimbursement of expenses incurred in the enforcement of this section which shall be deposited into the Agricultural Fund of the State Treasury. The annual inspection fee for those individuals and entities utilizing measuring devices measuring 30 pounds or less shall be based upon a sliding scale broken into 5 categories based upon the total dollar volume of each individual or entity with the minimum rate not to exceed twenty-five dollars ($25) and the maximum not to exceed one hundred fifty dollars ($150). (b) The board shall prescribe specifications as to the type of make-up and reasonable variations or tolerances for all weights, measures, and weighing and measuring devices used, offered, exposed for sale, sold, or given away in the state. (c) Any weight, measure, or weighing or measuring device which does not comply with these specifications or does not conform with the state's standards within such tolerances shall be a false and incorrect weight, measure, or weighing or measuring device. (d) The board shall prescribe reasonable rules and regulations for the submission of samples and the examination of type and approval or disapproval of all types of weights or measures or weighing or measuring devices used, offered, or exposed for sale or given away in the state. (Ag. Code 1927, §259; Code 1940, T. 2, §616; Act 2004-516, p. 996, §1.)
AL Code § 8-16-16 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 8 - Commercial Law and Consumer Protection.|Chapter 16 - Weights and Measures.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 8-16-16 - Standards for Containers of Farm Products - Duty to Establish.

Section 8-16-16Standards for containers of farm products - Duty to establish. It shall be the duty of the State Board of Agriculture and Industries to fix and promulgate official standards for containers of farm products and to change any of them from time to time as may be found necessary. (Ag. Code 1927, §260; Code 1940, T. 2, §617.)
AL Code § 8-16-17 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 8 - Commercial Law and Consumer Protection.|Chapter 16 - Weights and Measures.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 8-16-17 - Standards for Containers of Farm Products - Adoption of Federal Standards.

Section 8-16-17Standards for containers of farm products - Adoption of federal standards. The State Board of Agriculture and Industries is authorized to fix and promulgate as the official standards for this state, for any container for any agricultural product, the standard for such product which may have been promulgated or announced therefor under the authority of the Congress of the United States. In carrying out the provisions of this section the Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries is authorized to cooperate with the United States government, or any department thereof, in accomplishing the matters and things referred to in this section. (Ag. Code 1927, §258; Code 1940, T. 2, §615.)