2024 Iowa Code
Title XIV - PROPERTY
Chapter 578A - SELF-SERVICE STORAGE FACILITIES
Section 578A.5 - Lien — late fee — electronic communication permitted.

578A.5 Lien — late fee — electronic communication permitted. 1. The operator of a self-service storage facility and the operator’s heirs, executors, administrators, successors, and assigns shall have a lien upon all of an occupant’s personalproperty located at the self-service storage facility for delinquent rent, late fees, labor,or other charges incurred pursuant to a rental agreement and for expenses incurred forpreservation, sale, or disposition of the personal property. The lien established by thissubsection shall have priority over all other liens and security interests except for thoseperfected prior to the time the personal property is brought to the self-service storage facility. 2. The lien described in subsection 1 attaches on the date on which personal property is brought to the self-service storage facility. 3. If the rental agreement specifies a limit on the value of personal property that the occupant may store in the leased space, such limit shall be deemed to be the maximum valueof the personal property in the occupant’s leased space. 4. A rental agreement under this chapter may provide for a reasonable late fee for failure of the occupant to timely make payments for the leased space when due. A monthly late feeof twenty dollars or twenty percent of the monthly rental amount, whichever is greater, shallbe reasonable and is not a penalty. 5. The operator and occupant may agree to use electronic mail to satisfy all notice requirements under this chapter. The parties, if consenting to use electronic mail for notice,must consent to use electronic mail for all notices. If the parties agree, the rental agreementshall contain a section outlining the rights and duties for each party regarding the use ofelectronic mail. 2019 Acts, ch 50, §5Referred to in §578A.7Former §578A.5 repealed by 2019 Acts, ch 50, §18 Sat Dec 23 11:08:23 2023 Iowa Code 2024, Section 578A.5 (9, 0)

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