2019 Maryland Code
Commercial Law
Title 18 - Bills of Lading and Warehouse Receipts -- Criminal Provisions
Subtitle 5 - Maryland Self-Service Storage Act
§ 18-501. Definitions
(a) In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated.
(b) “Default” means the failure to perform on time any obligation or duty set forth in the rental agreement.
(c) “Last known address” means that address or electronic mail address provided by the occupant in the rental agreement or the address or electronic mail address provided by the occupant in a subsequent written notice of a change of address.
(d) “Leased space” means the individual storage space at the self–service facility which is rented to an occupant pursuant to a rental agreement.
(e) “Occupant” means a person, a sublessee, successor, or assign, entitled to the use of a leased space at a self–service storage facility under a rental agreement.
(f) (1) “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.
(2) “Operator” does not include a warehouseman, unless the operator issues a warehouse receipt, bill of lading, or other document of title for the personal property stored.
(g) (1) “Personal property” means movable property, not affixed to land.
(2) “Personal property” includes goods, wares, merchandise, motor vehicles, watercraft, and household items and furnishings.
(h) “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.
(i) “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.
(j) “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.
