Connecticut General Statutes 42-162 – Contents of notice
The notice required by section 42-161 shall contain the following information in plain language and a simple format: (1) An itemized statement of the owner‘s claim showing the amount due at the time of the notice and the date the amount became due; (2) a description of the personal property subject to the lien sufficient to permit its identification, except that any container including but not limited to a trunk, valise or box that is locked, fastened, sealed, or tied in a manner which hinders immediate access to its contents may be described as such without describing its contents; (3) a notice of denial of access to the personal property by the occupant if such denial is permitted under the terms of the rental agreement, such notice to provide the name, street address and telephone number of the owner whom the occupant may contact; (4) a demand for payment within a conspicuously specified time not less than fourteen days after delivery of the notice; and (5) a conspicuous statement that unless the amount due is paid within the sixty days after default the owner will advertise the personal property for sale or disposition and will sell or otherwise dispose of such personal property, the date, time and place of such sale or disposition to be specified in the notice.
Terms Used In Connecticut General Statutes 42-162
- Default: means failure to perform any obligation or duty imposed by a rental agreement or by this chapter. See Connecticut General Statutes 42-159
- Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
- Occupant: means a person, or the sublessee, successor or assignee of a person, entitled to the use of a storage unit at a self-service storage facility under a rental agreement, to the exclusion of others. See Connecticut General Statutes 42-159
- Owner: means the owner, operator, lessor or sublessor of a self-service storage facility, an agent of such owner, operator, lessor or sublessor or any other person authorized by such owner, operator, lessor or sublessor to manage the facility or receive rent from an occupant under a rental agreement. See Connecticut General Statutes 42-159
- Personal property: All property that is not real property.
- Personal property: means movable property not affixed to land and includes, but is not limited to, goods, merchandise, household items and motor vehicles. See Connecticut General Statutes 42-159
- Rental agreement: means any written agreement or lease that establishes or modifies the terms, conditions, rules or any other provisions concerning the use and occupancy of a unit in a self-service storage facility. See Connecticut General Statutes 42-159