Section 359.200 - Definitions for KRS 359.210 to 359.250As used in KRS 359.210 to 359.250, unless the context clearly requires otherwise:
(1) "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;(2) "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 or self-contained storage unit;(3) "Leased space" means the individual storage space at a self-service storage facility or in a self-contained storage unit which is rented to an occupant pursuant to a rental agreement;(4) "Occupant" means a person, a sublessee, successor, or assign, entitled to the use of a leased space at a self-service storage facility or in a self-contained storage unit under a rental agreement;(5) "Operator" means the owner, operator, lessor, or sublessor of a self-service storage facility or a self-contained storage unit, or an agent or any other person authorized to manage the facility or storage unit, but does not mean a warehouseman, unless the operator issues a warehouse receipt, bill of lading, or other document of title for the personal property stored;(6) "Personal property" means movable property located within leased space at a self-service storage facility or in a self-contained storage unit and includes but is not limited to goods, wares, merchandise, motor vehicles, watercraft, and household items and furnishings;(7) "Default" means the failure to perform on time any obligation or duty set forth in the rental agreement;(8) "Last known address" means that postal address or electronic mail address provided by the occupant in the latest rental agreement or the postal address or electronic mail address provided by the occupant in a subsequent written notice of a change of address;(9) "Self-contained storage unit" means any unit, including but not limited to a trailer, box, or other shipping container, which is leased by an occupant primarily for use as a storage space, whether the unit is located at a self-service storage facility or at another location designated by the occupant;(10) "Verified electronic mail" means an electronic message or an executable program or computer file that is transmitted between two (2) or more computers or electronic terminals that the sender has verified by any reasonable means as being a working electronic mail address. The term includes electronic messages that are transmitted within or between computer networks; and(11) "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.Amended by 2014 Ky. Acts ch. 66,§ 1, eff. 7/15/2014.Effective:7/15/2008
Amended 2008, Ky. Acts ch. 3, sec. 1, effective7/15/2008. -- Created 1988 Ky. Acts ch. 360, sec. 1, effective 7/15/1988.