AB 1916 (Maienschein D) Self-service storage facilities: abandoned personal property.

Current Text: Chaptered: 7/15/2024 

Last Amend: 6/6/2024

Status: 7/15/2024-Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 91, Statutes of 2024

Location: 7/15/2024-A. CHAPTERED

Summary: The California Self-Service Storage Facility Act specifies remedies and procedures for selfservice storage facility owners when occupants are delinquent in paying rent or other charges, including through enforcement of a lien by the sale of the stored property. Current law requires that, where personal property remains on the premises after a tenancy has terminated and the premises have been vacated by the tenant, the landlord give written notice to the tenant or any other person the landlord reasonably believes is the owner of the property, as specified. Current law requires the property to be sold at public sale by competitive bidding if the property is not released to the former tenant. Current law makes these provisions generally applicable to self-storage units. This bill would enact similar provisions specifically applicable to personal property that remains at a self-service storage facility after the rental agreement has ended. Specifically, the bill would require the owner of the facility to give written notice to the occupant prior to the termination or non-renewal of the rental agreement, as specified. If personal property remains at the self-service storage facility after the rental agreement has ended, the bill would also require the owner to give written notice to the former occupant, and would set forth a notice form that would be in compliance with the requirement to notify the former occupant of abandoned property.