Section 35-33-01 - DefinitionsAs used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:
1. "Default" means failure of the occupant to perform any obligation or duty at the time and in the manner set forth in the rental agreement or under this chapter.2. "Last-known address" means the postal or electronic mail address provided by the occupant in the latest rental agreement or the postal or electronic mail address provided by the occupant in a subsequent written notice of a change of address.3. "Occupant" means the person who rents storage space at a self-service storage facility under a rental agreement, or a sublessee, successor, or assignee.4. "Owner" means any person who owns, leases, subleases, manages, or operates a self-service storage facility, or the owner's designee, who receives rent from an occupant under a rental agreement.5. "Personal property" means movable property not affixed to land, including merchandise and household goods.6. "Rental agreement" means a written agreement between the owner and the occupant which establishes or modifies the terms and conditions of the occupant's use of storage space at a self-service storage facility.7. "Self-service storage facility" means any real property used for renting or leasing individual storage spaces in which occupants customarily store and remove their personal property. The term does not include a garage used principally for parking motor vehicles; any property of a financial institution which contains vaults, safe deposit boxes, or other receptacles for the purposes and benefits of the financial institution's customers; or a warehouse or a public warehouse where warehouse receipts, bills of lading, or other documents of title are issued for the personal property stored.8. "Storage space" means an individual space at a self-service storage facility which is rented or leased by an occupant under a rental agreement.9. "Verified mail" means any method of mailing offered by the United States postal service or a private delivery service which includes evidence of mailing.Amended by S.L. 2021, ch. 267 (SB 2330),§ 1, eff. 8/1/2021.