House Bill 418 Alabama 2026 Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor

Shane StringerRepresentative

Republican

Session

2026 Regular Session

Title

Self-Service Storage Facilities Act; rights of of self-storage facility operators further provided for, publication requirements for notice of sale of certain property revised

Description

Under existing law, the Self-Service Storage Facilities Act sets forth requirements for rental agreements of self-service storage facilities.

This bill would permit rental agreements for self-service storage facilities to be delivered and executed electronically.

This bill would permit the acceptance of a rental agreement if an occupant uses a leased space, after the lease agreement has been delivered by first-class mail or electronic means, for at least 30 days without signing a lease agreement, obligating the occupant to the agreement without any notice provided.

Also under the Self-Service Storage Facilities Act, operators of self-service storage facilities may remove the personal property of occupants who are in default and place the items in a suitable storage space pending its sale or other disposition.

This bill would authorize operators of storage facilities to include a provision in the rental agreement notifying the occupant of the operator's right to dispose of an occupant's personal property left at the self-service storage facility for a certain amount of time after the end of the rental agreement.

This bill would prohibit occupants from using a HB418 INTRODUCED self-service storage facility after a notice of termination or nonrenewal of the rental agreement has been delivered to the occupant.

This bill would set an amount of time for occupants to remove personal property from a self-service storage facility following the termination or nonrenewal of the rental agreement.

This bill would permit the operator to place certain reasonable restrictions on the occupant's use of the self-service storage facility after the rental agreement ends.

This bill would authorize the operator to dispose of an occupant's personal property after a certain amount of time following the notice of termination or nonrenewal is delivered to the occupant.

Also under existing law, notice of the sale of personal property of an occupant in default must be published in a newspaper of general circulation in the county where the storage facility is located, unless such a newspaper does not exist or the property is valued at $500 or less.

This bill would also remove these publication requirements, requiring instead that the notice be published in any commercially reasonable manner.

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Subjects

Businesses & Financial Institutions