Relates to notice for enforcement of a lien against a self-service storage facility; requires a first notice to be delivered or sent within 30 days of the event that triggered the enforcement of the lien and the second notice to be sent within 45 days of such event and provides that public or private sale of the goods removed from the storage space may occur 60 days after such notification.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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2025-2026 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
February 4, 2025
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Introduced by M. of A. HYNDMAN -- read once and referred to the Commit-
tee on Judiciary
AN ACT to amend the lien law, in relation to notice for enforcement of a
lien against self-service storage facility
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 7 of section 182 of the lien
2 law, as amended by chapter 424 of the laws of 2019, is amended to read
3 as follows:
4 (a) An owner's lien may be enforced by public or private sale of the
5 occupant's goods that remain in the self-storage facility, in block, or
6 in parcel, at any time or place and on any terms which are commercially
7 reasonable after notice to all persons known to claim an interest in the
8 goods. The notice shall include an itemized statement of the amount due,
9 the description of the property subject to the lien, the nature of the
10 proposed sale, a demand for payment within a specified time not less
11 than [thirty] sixty days from mailing of the notice and a conspicuous
12 statement that unless the claimant pays within that time the goods will
13 be advertised for sale and sold at public or private sale in a commer-
14 cially reasonable manner. The [notice] first and second notices shall
15 further include the time and place of any public or private sale and it
16 shall state that any person claiming an interest in the goods is enti-
17 tled to bring a proceeding hereunder within [ten] sixty days of the
18 service of the first notice if [he disputes] they dispute the validity
19 of the lien, or the amount claimed. The [notice] first and second
20 notices shall be personally delivered to the occupant, or sent by regis-
21 tered or certified mail to the occupant's last known address, or sent by
22 verified mail and electronic mail to the occupant's last known address,
23 and at least one other address provided by the occupant to the owner, if
24 any. The first notice shall be personally delivered or sent in accord-
25 ance with this subdivision within thirty days of the event that trig-
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 gered the enforcement of the lien and the second notice shall be
2 personally delivered or sent in accordance with this subdivision within
3 forty-five days of such event. Any notice made pursuant to this section
4 and sent by verified mail shall be sent to the last known address
5 provided by the occupant, pursuant to the occupancy agreement. Any
6 notice made pursuant to this section and sent by electronic mail shall
7 only be effective if: (i) the occupancy agreement states that the occu-
8 pant has consented to receive late or lien notices by electronic mail;
9 and (ii) the occupant has provided the occupant's electronic mail
10 address in at least two locations within the occupancy agreement.
11 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
