2023 New York Laws › GBS - General Business › Article 29-I - The Storage of Household Goods › 607 - Required Disclosures.

§ 607. Required disclosures. 1. No warehouseman shall accept household
goods  for  storage from a consumer bailor unless prior to accepting the
goods, the consumer bailor is furnished with a written storage agreement
which shall  be  dated  and  signed  by  the  consumer  bailor  and  the
warehouseman  or  his  duly authorized agent, be written or printed in a
size equal to at least ten-point bold type and which shall set forth the
following information:
(a) Name and address of warehouseman and consumer bailor.
(b) Street address of warehouse where goods will be stored.
(c) The reasonably estimated monthly storage charge for the particular
household goods to be stored expressed in dollars.  The  actual  monthly
charge shall not exceed the given estimate by more than ten percent.
(d) An itemization of other charges imposed or which may be imposed in
connection  with the storage, a description of each such charge, whether
the charge is mandatory or optional,  and  the  amount  of  each  charge
expressed  in  dollars.  Where  such  charges  can  only be estimated, a
reasonable estimate must be set forth and the actual charges  shall  not
exceed such estimates by more than ten percent.
(e)  An  inventory by item number of all goods accepted for storage or
of the  packages  containing  them  together  with  a  notation  of  the
condition  of  each  of  the goods accepted; a statement that the bailor
should review the condition noted for each of the goods before they  are
picked  up  for  storage  to  make sure that a proper description of the
condition of each of the goods has been entered on the inventory; and  a
statement  that  the  bailor before signing the storage agreement should
note on it by item number any exception he may have as to the  condition
descriptions.  The  notation  of  the  condition  of  the  goods  by the
warehouseman or his agent shall be expressed in  readily  understandable
terms.
(f)  A  statement  of any limitation of damages limiting the amount of
the warehouseman's liability in case of loss  or  damage  of  the  goods
setting forth a specific liability per article or item of value per unit
of  weight  beyond  which  the warehouseman will not be liable; provided
that if damages are so limited, a statement shall be included that  such
liability  may  on  the  written  request  of  the bailor at the time of
signing such storage agreement or within a reasonable time thereafter be
increased on part or all of the goods stored, in which  event  increased
rates  may  be  charged  based  on  such  increased valuation. The rates
charged  for  an  increased  valuation  shall  be  set   forth   and   a
pre-addressed  request form to enable the bailor to request an increased
valuation shall be provided.
(g)  Any  other  material  terms  and  conditions   of   the   storage
transaction.
2.  Every  storage agreement as required by this section shall include
the business address and telephone number to be  used  by  the  consumer
bailor in making inquiries concerning the storage transaction.
3.  Every  storage agreement as required by this section shall contain
the following conspicuous notices:
Notice: The monthly storage charge and other charges  stated  in  this
agreement  are  either  the actual or reasonably estimated charges you
must pay. If the charges are estimated the final charges you  will  be
required to pay may not exceed the estimate by more than ten percent.
Notice:  Storage  charges  do  not include any charges for moving your
goods from your home to the warehouse or from the  warehouse  to  your
home.
4.  When  a warehouseman accepts household goods for storage on behalf
of a consumer bailor after a  warrant  of  eviction  has  been  executed
pursuant  to  section  seven  hundred  forty-nine  of  the real property

actions and proceedings law, the warehouseman shall  within  three  days
after  receipt  of  the  goods mail a copy of a statement containing the
disclosures required by subdivisions one, two and three of this  section
to the consumer bailor by registered or certified mail at his last known
residence.