2005 Arizona Revised Statutes - Revised Statutes §33-1701  Definitions; exception

A. In this article, unless the context otherwise requires:

1. "Default" means the failure to perform on time any obligation or duty set forth in the rental agreement.

2. "Department" means the Arizona game and fish department in the case of motorized watercraft and the department of transportation in the case of all other vehicles.

3. "Last known address" means that address provided by the occupant in the rental agreement or the address provided by the occupant in a subsequent written notice of a change of address.

4. "Late fee" means a reasonable fee or charge that is assessed by the operator for the failure of the occupant to pay rent when due pursuant to section 33-1703, subsection D.

5. "Leased space" means the individual storage space at the self-service storage facility which is rented to an occupant pursuant to a rental agreement.

6. "Net proceeds" means the total proceeds received from the lien sale less the total amount of the lien.

7. "Occupant" means a person or his sublessee, successor or assign, entitled to the use of a leased space at a self-service storage facility under a rental agreement, to the exclusion of others.

8. "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.

9. "Personal property" means movable property that is not affixed to land and includes but is not limited to goods, wares, merchandise, household items and furnishings and vehicles.

10. "Registered owner" means an owner of a vehicle as stated in the official records of the department.

11. "Rental agreement" means any written agreement provided to the occupant which establishes or modifies the terms, conditions or rules concerning the use and occupancy of a self-service storage facility.

12. "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.

13. "Vehicle" means a motor vehicle, a trailer or a semitrailer as defined in section 28-101 and a motorized watercraft as defined in section 5-301.

B. This article does not apply to a warehouseman unless the warehouseman issues a warehouse receipt, bill of lading or other document of title for the personal property stored.