Terms Used In Montana Code > Title 33 > Chapter 24 > Part 3 - Self-Storage Insurance Act

• Authorized representative: means an individual authorized by an operator to sell or offer self-storage insurance coverage in accordance with this part. See Montana Code 33-24-302
• Fiduciary: A trustee, executor, or administrator.
• Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). ^{Source: OCC}
• Location: means any physical location in this state. See Montana Code 33-24-302
• Operator: means a business entity that is the owner, operator, lessor, or sublessor of a self-storage facility or an agent or another person authorized to manage the facility or to receive rent from a renter under a rental agreement. See Montana Code 33-24-302
• Person: includes a corporation or other entity as well as a natural person. See Montana Code 1-1-201
• Personal property: means movable property not affixed to land. See Montana Code 33-24-302
• Personal property: All property that is not real property.
• Process: means a writ or summons issued in the course of judicial proceedings. See Montana Code 1-1-202
• Property: means real and personal property. See Montana Code 1-1-205
• Rental agreement: means a written agreement or lease that establishes or modifies the terms, conditions, or rules concerning the use and occupancy of a leased space at a self-storage facility. See Montana Code 33-24-302
• Renter: means a person entitled to the use of a leased space at a self-storage facility under a rental agreement or the person's successors or assigns. See Montana Code 33-24-302
• Self-storage facility: means real property consisting of individual storage spaces in which a renter customarily stores and removes personal property on a self-service basis. See Montana Code 33-24-302
• Self-storage insurance: means insurance offered in connection with and incidental to the rental of a leased space at a self-storage facility and which provides coverage to renters for the loss of or damage to personal property occurring at the facility or when the property is in transit to or from the facility during the term of the rental agreement. See Montana Code 33-24-302
• State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Montana Code 1-1-201
• Supervising entity: means a business entity that is a licensed insurer or insurance producer that is authorized by a licensed insurer to supervise the administration of a self-storage insurance program. See Montana Code 33-24-302