Kentucky Statutes 359.200 – Definitions for KRS 359.210 to 359.250
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As used in KRS § 359.210 to KRS § 359.250, unless the context clearly requires otherwise:
(1) “Self-service storage facility” means any real property used for renting or leasing individual storage spaces in which the occupants themselves customarily store and remove their own personal property on a “self-service” basis;
(2) “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 or self-contained storage unit;
(3) “Leased space” means the individual storage space at a self-service storage facility or in a self-contained storage unit which is rented to an occupant pursuant to a rental agreement;
(4) “Occupant” means a person, a sublessee, successor, or assign, entitled to the use of a leased space at a self-service storage facility or in a self-contained storage unit under a rental agreement;
(5) “Operator” means the owner, operator, lessor, or sublessor of a self-service storage facility or a self-contained storage unit, or an agent or any other person authorized to manage the facility or storage unit, but does not mean a warehouseman, unless the operator issues a warehouse receipt, bill of lading, or other document of title for the personal property stored;
(6) “Personal property” means movable property located within leased space at a self- service storage facility or in a self-contained storage unit and includes but is not limited to goods, wares, merchandise, motor vehicles, watercraft, and household items and furnishings;
(7) “Default” means the failure to perform on time any obligation or duty set forth in the rental agreement;
(8) “Last known address” means that postal address or electronic mail address provided by the occupant in the latest rental agreement or the postal address or electronic mail address provided by the occupant in a subsequent written notice of a change of address;
(9) “Self-contained storage unit” means any unit, including but not limited to a trailer, box, or other shipping container, which is leased by an occupant primarily for use as a storage space, whether the unit is located at a self-service storage facility or at another location designated by the occupant;
(10) “Verified electronic mail” means an electronic message or an executable program or computer file that is transmitted between two (2) or more computers or electronic terminals that the sender has verified by any reasonable means as being a working electronic mail address. The term includes electronic messages that are transmitted within or between computer networks; and
(11) “Verified mail” means any method of mailing that is offered by the United States
Postal Service or private delivery service that provides evidence of mailing.
Effective: July 15, 2014
History: Amended 2014 Ky. Acts ch. 67, sec. 1, effective July 15, 2014. — Amended
2008 Ky. Acts ch. 3, sec. 1, effective July 15, 2008. — Created 1988 Ky. Acts ch.
360, sec. 1, effective July 15, 1988.
(1) “Self-service storage facility” means any real property used for renting or leasing individual storage spaces in which the occupants themselves customarily store and remove their own personal property on a “self-service” basis;
Terms Used In Kentucky Statutes 359.200
- Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
- 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.
- Owner: when applied to any animal, means any person having a property interest in such animal. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
- Personal property: All property that is not real property.
- Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
(2) “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 or self-contained storage unit;
(3) “Leased space” means the individual storage space at a self-service storage facility or in a self-contained storage unit which is rented to an occupant pursuant to a rental agreement;
(4) “Occupant” means a person, a sublessee, successor, or assign, entitled to the use of a leased space at a self-service storage facility or in a self-contained storage unit under a rental agreement;
(5) “Operator” means the owner, operator, lessor, or sublessor of a self-service storage facility or a self-contained storage unit, or an agent or any other person authorized to manage the facility or storage unit, but does not mean a warehouseman, unless the operator issues a warehouse receipt, bill of lading, or other document of title for the personal property stored;
(6) “Personal property” means movable property located within leased space at a self- service storage facility or in a self-contained storage unit and includes but is not limited to goods, wares, merchandise, motor vehicles, watercraft, and household items and furnishings;
(7) “Default” means the failure to perform on time any obligation or duty set forth in the rental agreement;
(8) “Last known address” means that postal address or electronic mail address provided by the occupant in the latest rental agreement or the postal address or electronic mail address provided by the occupant in a subsequent written notice of a change of address;
(9) “Self-contained storage unit” means any unit, including but not limited to a trailer, box, or other shipping container, which is leased by an occupant primarily for use as a storage space, whether the unit is located at a self-service storage facility or at another location designated by the occupant;
(10) “Verified electronic mail” means an electronic message or an executable program or computer file that is transmitted between two (2) or more computers or electronic terminals that the sender has verified by any reasonable means as being a working electronic mail address. The term includes electronic messages that are transmitted within or between computer networks; and
(11) “Verified mail” means any method of mailing that is offered by the United States
Postal Service or private delivery service that provides evidence of mailing.
Effective: July 15, 2014
History: Amended 2014 Ky. Acts ch. 67, sec. 1, effective July 15, 2014. — Amended
2008 Ky. Acts ch. 3, sec. 1, effective July 15, 2008. — Created 1988 Ky. Acts ch.
360, sec. 1, effective July 15, 1988.