415.405. Definitions.
Definitions.
415.405. As used in sections 415.400 to 415.430, the following termsshall mean:
(1) "Default", the failure to perform on time any obligation or dutyset forth in a rental agreement;
(2) "Last known address", that address provided by the occupant inthe rental agreement or the address provided by the occupant in asubsequent written notice of a change of address;
(3) "Leased space", the individual storage space at the self-servicefacility which is rented to an occupant pursuant to a rental agreement;
(4) "No commercial value", any property offered for sale in acommercially reasonable manner that receives no bid or offer;
(5) "Occupant", a person, lessee, sublessee, successor or assigneeentitled to the use of a leased space at a self-service storage facilityunder a rental agreement;
(6) "Operator", the owner, operator, lessor or sublessor of aself-service storage facility, or an agent or any other person authorizedto manage the facility; except that, the term "operator" does not include awarehouseman, unless the operator issues a warehouse receipt, bill oflading, or other document of title for the personal property stored;
(7) "Personal property", movable property which is not affixed toland, including, but not limited to, goods, wares, merchandise, motorvehicles, watercraft, household items, and furnishings;
(8) "Private sale", an unadvertised sale negotiated and concludeddirectly between the buyer and seller;
(9) "Public sale", a sale made after public notice;
(10) "Rental agreement", any written contract or agreement thatestablishes or modifies the terms, conditions or rules concerning the useand occupancy of a self-service storage facility, which is signed by theoccupant and the operator;
(11) "Self-service storage facility", any real property used forrenting or leasing individual storage spaces in which the occupantsthemselves customarily store and remove their own personal property on aself-service basis.
(L. 1985 H.B. 204 § 3, A.L. 2003 H.B. 512 merged with S.B. 373)