Connecticut General Statutes 42-164 – Advertisement of, and time for sale. Allocation of proceeds
(a) After the expiration of the time given in the notice for the occupant to pay the amount due, if the owner wishes, the owner may advertise the sale or other disposition of the personal property in any print or online newspaper of general circulation in the municipality where the self-service storage facility is located or on any publicly accessible, independent Internet web site that regularly conducts online auctions of personal property. Such advertisement shall be published at least once within a period not less than ten days preceding the date of such sale or other disposition. The advertisement shall include: (1) A description of the personal property subject to the lien according to the requirements of section 42-162; (2) the name of the occupant, the address of the self-service storage facility, the unit number, if any, of the storage space where the personal property is located; and (3) the time, place and manner of the sale or other disposition.
Terms Used In Connecticut General Statutes 42-164
- 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
- Self-service storage facility: means any real property designed and used for the renting or leasing of individual self-contained units of storage space to occupants who are to have access to such units for storing and removing personal property only, and not for residential purposes. See Connecticut General Statutes 42-159
(b) Such sale or other disposition of the personal property shall not take place sooner than ten days after publication of the advertisement nor sixty days after the date of default.
(c) The proceeds of a sale under this section shall be allocated to pay the expenses of such sale, then to the holder of any lien or security interest having priority over that of such owner, then to the owner.