Terms Used In Indiana Code > Title 26 > Article 3 > Chapter 8 - Self-Service Storage Facilities

• default: means the failure of a renter to perform, in a timely fashion, any duty imposed by section 10 of this chapter or by a rental agreement. See Indiana Code 26-3-8-1
• electronic mail: means the transmission, by use of a computer or through other electronic means, of information or a communication that is sent to a person identified by a unique address. See Indiana Code 26-3-8-0.5
• emergency: means any sudden, unexpected occurrence or circumstance at or near a self-service storage facility that requires immediate action to avoid injury to persons or property at or near the self-service storage facility. See Indiana Code 26-3-8-2
• Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
• in writing: include printing, lithographing, or other mode of representing words and letters. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
• last known address: means the postal address or electronic mail address provided to the owner by the renter:

  Indiana Code 26-3-8-3

• Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). ^{Source: OCC}
• Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
• Month: means a calendar month, unless otherwise expressed. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
• owner: means :

  Indiana Code 26-3-8-6

• Personal property: All property that is not real property.
• personal property: means movable property not affixed to land. See Indiana Code 26-3-8-7
• Property: includes personal and real property. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
• rental agreement: means any written agreement or lease that establishes or modifies the terms under which a renter may store personal property in a rented space in a self-service storage facility. See Indiana Code 26-3-8-8
• rented space: means the individual storage space at a self-service storage facility that is rented to a renter under a rental agreement. See Indiana Code 26-3-8-4
• renter: means :

  Indiana Code 26-3-8-5

• self-service storage facility: means any real property designed and used for the renting of space under a rental agreement that provides a renter access to rented space for the storage and retrieval of personal property. See Indiana Code 26-3-8-9
• United States: includes the District of Columbia and the commonwealths, possessions, states in free association with the United States, and the territories. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
• verified mail: means any method of mailing that:

  Indiana Code 26-3-8-9.5

• Year: means a calendar year, unless otherwise expressed. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5