Section 48-11-2 - DefinitionsAs used in the Self-Service Storage Lien Act:
A. "default" means the failure to perform in a timely manner any obligation or duty set forth in the Self-Service Storage Lien Act or in the rental agreement;B. "electronic mail" means the transmission of information or a communication by the use of a computer or other electronic means sent to a person identified by a unique electronic address;C. "last known address" means the postal address or electronic address provided to the owner by the occupant:(1) for the purposes of the latest rental agreement; or(2) in a written or electronic notice of a change of postal address or electronic address after the latest rental agreement;D. "occupant" means a person or the person's sublessee, successor or assign who is entitled to the use of storage space, to the exclusion of others, at a self-service storage facility under a rental agreement;E. "owner" means the owner or the owner's heirs, successors or assigns, the operator, the lessor or the sublessor of a self-service storage facility or the lessor's or sublessor's agent or any other person authorized by the lessor or sublessor to manage the facility or to receive rent from an occupant under a rental agreement;F. "rental agreement" means any written agreement or lease between the owner and the occupant that establishes or modifies the terms, conditions, rules or any other provisions concerning the use and occupancy of a self-service storage facility;G. "self-service storage facility" means any real property designed and used for the purpose of renting or leasing individual storage space to occupants who are to have access to such facility for the purpose of storing and removing personal property; andH. "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.Laws 1987, ch. 314, § 2; 2015, ch. 118, § 1.Amended by 2015, c. 118,s. 1, eff. 6/19/2015.