Terms Used In Ohio Code > Chapter 5322 - Storage Facilities

• Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
• Another: when used to designate the owner of property which is the subject of an offense, includes not only natural persons but also every other owner of property. See Ohio Code 1.02
• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
• in writing: includes any representation of words, letters, symbols, or figures; this provision does not affect any law relating to signatures. See Ohio Code 1.59
• Internet: means the international computer network of both federal and nonfederal interoperable packet switched data networks, including the graphical subnetwork known as the world wide web. See Ohio Code 1.59
• Last known address: means either of the following:

  (1) The mailing address provided by the occupant in the most recent rental agreement or the mailing address provided by the occupant in a subsequent written notice of a change of address;

  (2) The mailing address of any of the persons described in division (A) of section 5322. See Ohio Code 5322.01

• Late fee: means any fee or charge assessed for an occupant's failure to pay rent when due. See Ohio Code 5322.01
• Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
• Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
• Occupant: means a person that rents storage space at a self-service storage facility pursuant to a rental agreement that the person enters into with the owner. See Ohio Code 5322.01
• Owner: means a person that is the owner or operator of a self-service storage facility, the lessor or sublessor of an entire self-service storage facility, the agent of any of the foregoing, or any other person authorized by any of the foregoing to manage the facility or to receive rent from an occupant pursuant to a rental agreement. See Ohio Code 5322.01
• Person: includes an individual, corporation, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, and association. See Ohio Code 1.59
• Personal property: All property that is not real property.
• Personal property: means money and every animate or inanimate tangible thing that is the subject of ownership, except anything forming part of a parcel of real estate, as defined in section 5701. See Ohio Code 5322.01
• Property: means real and personal property. See Ohio Code 1.59
• Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
• Rental agreement: means any written agreement that is entered into by the owner and the occupant and that establishes the terms and conditions of the occupant's use of storage space at a self-service storage facility. See Ohio Code 5322.01
• Self-service storage facility: means any real property that is designed and used only for the purpose of renting or leasing individual storage space in the facility under the following conditions:

  (1) The occupants have access to the storage space only for the purpose of storing and removing personal property. See Ohio Code 5322.01

• state: means the state of Ohio. See Ohio Code 1.59
• Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
• United States: includes all the states. See Ohio Code 1.59