Terms Used In Montana Code > Title 70 > Chapter 6 > Part 6 - Self-Storage Facilities Act

• Commercially reasonable sale: means a sale that:

  (a)is conducted at the self-storage facility, offsite at another location, or on a publicly accessible website that conducts lien sales; and

  (b)is attended or viewed by at least three persons who appear personally or online, by telephone, or by any other method. See Montana Code 70-6-602

• Default: means the failure to timely perform an obligation or duty set forth in a rental agreement or this part. See Montana Code 70-6-602
• Electronic mail: means an electronic message or an executable program or computer file that contains an image that is transmitted between two or more computers or electronic terminals. See Montana Code 70-6-602
• Emergency: means a sudden, unexpected occurrence or circumstance at or near a self-storage facility that requires immediate action to avoid injury to persons or property at or near the self-storage facility. See Montana Code 70-6-602
• Escheat: Reversion of real or personal property to the state when 1) a person dies without leaving a will and has no heirs, or 2) when the property (such as a bank account) has been inactive for a certain period of time. ^{Source: OCC}
• 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.
• Knowingly: means only a knowledge that the facts exist which bring the act or omission within the provisions of this code. See Montana Code 1-1-204
• Last-known address: means the postal address or electronic mail address provided in a rental agreement or the postal address or electronic mail address provided by the renter through subsequent written notice of a change of address. See Montana Code 70-6-602
• 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}
• Leased space: means the individual storage space at a self-storage facility that is rented to a renter pursuant to a rental agreement. See Montana Code 70-6-602
• 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.
• Operator: means 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 70-6-602
• 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 70-6-602
• Personal property: All property that is not real property.
• Property: means real and personal property. See Montana Code 1-1-205
• Property that has no commercial value: means property offered for sale in a commercially reasonable sale that receives no bid or offer. See Montana Code 70-6-602
• 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 70-6-602
• 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 70-6-602
• 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 70-6-602
• 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
• United States: includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Montana Code 1-1-201
• Verified mail: means :

  (a)a method of mailing that is offered by the United States postal service or private delivery service and provides evidence of mailing; or

  (b)a method of mailing that is accompanied by a certificate of mailing executed by the individual who caused the notice to be mailed. See Montana Code 70-6-602