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

Current Text: Amended: 3/6/2024

Last Amend: 3/6/2024

Status: 3/18/2024-Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 74. Noes 0.) In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.

Location: 3/18/2024-S. RLS.

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. Existing 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. The bill would require the owner of the facility to give written notice to the former occupant, and would set forth a notice form that would be in compliance with this notice requirement. The bill would require the owner to release the personal property to the former occupant under specified circumstances and subject to certain charges, as specified.