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Ch. 521
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LAWS OF MARYLAND
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self-service storage facility; requiring that the mailing of
the notice be made by a certain method; requiring the
retention of certain information by the operator for a
certain period of time; requiring the proceeds from a lien
sale by the operator of a self-service storage facility to
be disbursed in a certain manner; providing that all title
to property maintained in a self-service storage facility
remains with the occupant unless otherwise agreed or until a
lien sale; providing that all contracts made before the
effective date of this subtitle remain valid; defining
certain terms; providing for the severability of any invalid
provisions in this subtitle; and generally relating to
self-service storage facilities.
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BY adding to
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Article - Commercial Law
Section 18-501 through 18-506, inclusive, to be under the
new subtitle "Subtitle 5. The Maryland Self-Service
Storage Act"
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1975 Volume and 1982 Supplement)
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SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland road as follows:
Article - Commercial Law
SUBTITLE 5. THE MARYLAND SELF-SERVICE STORAGE ACT
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18-501.
(A) IN THIS SUBTITLE THE FOLLOWING WORDS HAVE THE MEANINGS
INDICATED.
(B) "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 "SELF-SERVICE" BASIS.
(C) "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.
(D) "LEASED SPACE" MEANS THE INDIVIDUAL STORAGE SPACE AT
THE SELF-SERVICE FACILITY WHICH IS RENTED TO AN OCCUPANT PURSUANT
TO A RENTAL AGREEMENT.
(E) "OCCUPANT" MEANS A PERSON, A SUBLESSEE, SUCCESSOR, OR
ASSIGN, ENTITLED TO THE USE OF A LEASED SPACE AT A SELF-SERVICE
STORAGE FACILITY UNDER A RENTAL AGREEMENT.
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