Title 12, COMMERCE AND TRADE

(a) Default.--An owner may not initiate an action to enforce the owner's lien established under section 5605 (relating to owner's lien) until the occupant has been in default continuously for a period of at least 30 days. (b) Rights of owner.-- (1) After the occupant has been in …

(a) Duty to provide.-- (1) The owner shall give written notice of the default and any other action taken in regard to the occupant's property to the occupant by personal service, verified mail, email or by certified mail, return receipt requested, sent to the occupant's last know…

(a) Publication.--Except as provided in subsection (c), after the expiration of the time stated in the notice and if the personal property has not otherwise been disposed of, the owner shall publish an advertisement of the sale: (1) two times preceding the date of sale in a newsp…

A sale or other disposition of the personal property shall be held at the self-service storage facility, online or at the nearest suitable place to where the personal property is held or stored.

Before a sale or other disposition of the personal property, the occupant may pay the amount necessary to satisfy the owner's lien and other reasonable expenses incurred under this chapter and redeem the personal property. Upon the payment and satisfaction of the amount necessary…

(a) Conformance with terms.--A sale or other disposition of the personal property shall conform to the terms of the notification as provided for in this chapter. (b) Nonconsummated sale.--If the personal property is advertised for sale and the sale is not consummated, the owner s…

A purchaser in good faith of the personal property sold to satisfy the owner's lien takes the property free of any right of a person against whom the lien was valid, despite noncompliance by the owner with the requirements of this chapter.

At a sale of personal property, the owner may purchase the personal property to enforce the owner's lien.

In the event of a sale under this chapter, the owner may satisfy the lien from the proceeds of the sale, but shall hold the balance, if any, for delivery on demand to the occupant. If the occupant does not claim the balance of the proceeds within six months of the date of the sal…

Unless the rental agreement specifically provides otherwise, the exclusive care, custody and control of any personal property stored in the leased space shall remain vested in the occupant who shall bear all risks of loss or damage to the property not caused by negligence of the …

(a) Sale or removal.--An owner is not liable to an occupant or a third party for the removal or sale of personal property which is not the property of the occupant or upon which a prior lien has attached, unless notice was given to the owner by the occupant that the property plac…

If, within 30 days of the delivery of a written rental agreement from the owner to the occupant by hand delivery, first-class mail or email, the occupant fails to sign the rental agreement, the occupant's payment of rent or continued use of the leased space shall be deemed an acc…

(a) Prohibited entry.--After an owner delivers written notice in person or by electronic mail or verified mail of the termination or nonrenewal of an occupant's rental agreement, the occupant may not enter the self-service storage facility unless: (1) the occupant is retrieving t…

Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to impair or affect the right of the owner and occupant to create additional rights, duties and obligations in and by virtue of the rental agreement. The rights provided by this chapter shall be in addition to all other rights allowed by…