North Dakota Code 35-36-01 – Definitions
As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:
Terms Used In North Dakota Code 35-36-01
- Person: means an individual, organization, government, political subdivision, or government agency or instrumentality. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49
- Property: includes property, real and personal. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49
- written: include "typewriting" and "typewritten" and "printing" and "printed" except in the case of signatures and when the words are used by way of contrast to typewriting and printing. See North Dakota Code 1-01-37
1. “Default” means failure of the lessee to pay the rent and other charges at the time and in the manner set forth in the rental agreement.
2. “Last-known address” means the address provided by the lessee in the latest rental agreement or the address provided by the lessee in a subsequent written change of address notice.
3. “Lessee” means a person who leases a portable storage unit, regardless of the unit’s location, under a rental agreement. The term includes a sublessee, successor, and assignee.
4. “Owner” means a person who owns, leases, subleases, manages, or operates a portable storage unit and receives rent from a lessee under a rental agreement.
5. “Personal property” means movable property not affixed to land, including merchandise and household goods.
6. “Portable storage unit” includes a portable container, overseas shipping container, or semitrailer which may be moved by the owner to a location designated by the lessee or moved by the lessee to one of several locations, in accordance with the rental agreement, and in which the lessee customarily stores and removes personal property.
7. “Rental agreement” means a written agreement between the owner and the lessee which establishes or modifies the terms and conditions of the lessee’s use of the portable storage unit.