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Unannotated Code of Maryland (Last Updated: May 16, 2014) |
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COMMERCIAL LAW |
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TITLE 18. BILLS OF LADING AND WAREHOUSE RECEIPTS -- CRIMINAL PROVISIONS |
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SUBTITLE 5. MARYLAND SELF-SERVICE STORAGE ACT |
§ 18-501. Definitions
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(a) In general. -- In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated.
(b) Default. -- "Default" means the failure to perform on time any obligation or duty set forth in the rental agreement.
(c) Last known address. -- "Last known address" means that address or electronic mail address provided by the occupant in the rental agreement or the address or electronic mail address provided by the occupant in a subsequent written notice of a change of address.
(d) Leased space. -- "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. -- "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.
(f) Operator. --
(1) "Operator" means the owner, operator, lessor, or sublessor of a self-service storage facility, an agent, or any other person authorized to manage the facility.
(2) "Operator" does not include a warehouseman, unless the operator issues a warehouse receipt, bill of lading, or other document of title for the personal property stored.
(g) Personal property. --
(1) "Personal property" means movable property, not affixed to land.
(2) "Personal property" includes goods, wares, merchandise, motor vehicles, watercraft, and household items and furnishings.
(h) Rental agreement. -- "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.
(i) Self-service storage facility. -- "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.
(j) Verified mail. -- "Verified mail" means any method of mailing that is offered by the United States Postal Service or private delivery service that provides evidence of mailing.