Maine Revised Statutes Title 10 Sec. 1374 – Lien
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1. Lien created. The operator of a self-service storage facility has a lien on all personal property stored within each leased space for rent, labor or other charges, and for expenses reasonably incurred in its sale, as provided in this Act. The lien attaches as of the date the occupant leases the space.
[PL 2011, c. 376, §5 (AMD).]
Terms Used In Maine Revised Statutes Title 10 Sec. 1374
- Default: means the failure to perform on time any obligation or duty set forth in the rental agreement. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 10 Sec. 1372
- Leased space: means the individual storage space at the self-service facility which is rented to an occupant under a rental agreement. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 10 Sec. 1372
- Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
- Occupant: means a person, a sublessee, successor or assignee, entitled to the use of a leased space at a self-service storage facility under a rental agreement. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 10 Sec. 1372
- 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. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 10 Sec. 1372
- Personal property: All property that is not real property.
- Personal property: means movable property, not affixed to land. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 10 Sec. 1372
- 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. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 10 Sec. 1372
- Self-service storage facility: means any real property used for renting or leasing individual storage spaces under a written rental agreement in which the occupants themselves customarily store and remove their own personal property on a self-service basis. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 10 Sec. 1372
2. Statement in rental agreement. The rental agreement must contain a statement, in bold type, advising the occupant:
A. Of the existence of the lien; [PL 1989, c. 62 (NEW).]
B. That property stored in the leased space may be sold to satisfy the lien if the occupant is in default; and [PL 1989, c. 62 (NEW).]
C. That a sale shall be held at the self-service storage facility where the personal property is stored or at the nearest suitable location. [PL 1989, c. 62 (NEW).]
[PL 1989, c. 62 (NEW).]
SECTION HISTORY
PL 1989, c. 62 (NEW). PL 2011, c. 376, §5 (AMD).