CHAPTER 10. Self-Service Storage Facilities [21700. - 21716.]
Chapter 10 added by Stats. 1981, Ch. 439, Sec. 1.
§§ 21700–21716 · 27 sections
- § 21700 This act shall be known as the “California Self-Service Storage Facility Act.”
- § 21701 For the purposes of this chapter, the following terms shall have the following meanings: (a) “Self-service storage facility” means real property designed and…
- § 21701.1 (a) The owner or operator of a self-service storage facility or a household goods carrier, may, for a fee, transport individual storage containers to and from…
- § 21702 The owner of a self-service storage facility and his or her heirs, executors, administrators, successors, and assigns have a lien upon all personal property…
- § 21702.5 (a) Any lien on a vehicle or vessel subject to registration or identification under the Vehicle Code that has attached and is set forth in the documents of…
- § 21703 If any part of the rent or other charges due from an occupant remain unpaid for 14 consecutive days, an owner may terminate the right of the occupant to the…
- § 21704 A notice in substantially the following form shall satisfy the requirements of Section 21703: PRELIMINARY LIEN NOTICE TO (occupant) (address) (state) You owe…
- § 21705 (a) If the notice has been sent as required by Section 21703 and the total sum due has not been paid by the termination date specified in the preliminary lien…
- § 21706 If a declaration in opposition to the lien sale, executed under penalty of perjury, is not received by the owner on or prior to the date specified in the…
- § 21707 (a) (1) After the expiration of the time given in the notice of lien sale, pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 21705, or following the failure of a claimant…
- § 21708 Any person who has a perfected security interest under Division 9 (commencing with Section 9101) of the Commercial Code may claim any personal property subject…
- § 21709 Prior to any sale pursuant to Section 21707, any person claiming a right to the goods may pay the amount necessary to satisfy the lien together with one…
- § 21710 (a) If a valid declaration in opposition to lien sale is received by the owner prior to the date set forth in the notice of lien sale, the owner may enforce…
- § 21711 A purchaser in good faith of goods sold to enforce a lien or a judgment entered on the lien in favor of the owner on goods stored at a self-service storage…
- § 21712 (a) Each contract for the rental or lease of individual storage space in a self-service storage facility shall be in writing and shall contain, in addition to…
- § 21712.3 (a) (1) The owner shall give written notice to the occupant prior to the termination or nonrenewal of the rental agreement. (2) The notice shall include a…
- § 21712.4 (a) A notice given to the former occupant that is in substantially the following form satisfies the requirements of Section 21712.3: Notice of Right to Reclaim…
- § 21712.6 The personal property described in the notice shall either be left at the self-service storage facility or be stored by the owner in a place of safekeeping…
- § 21712.7 (a) The personal property described in the notice shall be released by the owner to the former occupant if the former occupant pays the rent and takes…
- § 21712.8 (a) If the personal property described in the notice is not released pursuant to Section 21712.7, it shall be sold at public sale by competitive bidding.…
- § 21713 This chapter shall not be construed to impair or affect the right of the parties to create additional rights, duties, and obligations in and by virtue of the…
- § 21713.5 (a) The owner of a self-service storage facility may assess a reasonable late payment fee if an occupant does not pay the entire amount of the rental fee…
- § 21714 The provisions of this chapter shall only apply to rental agreements entered into, or extended, or renewed after the effective date of this chapter.
- § 21715 All rental agreements entered into before the effective date of this chapter, and not extended or renewed after that date, and the rights, duties, and…
- § 21715.2 (a) A rental agreement shall disclose, in the manner described in subdivision (b), all of the following: (1) The initial length and renewal term of the rental…
- § 21715.5 The owner may, upon the expiration of a period of at least 30 days from giving notice in writing to the occupant by personal delivery, by first-class mail,…
- § 21716 If any provision of this chapter or the application thereof to any person or circumstances is held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect other provisions…