Vermont Statutes Title 9 Sec. 3906
Terms Used In Vermont Statutes Title 9 Sec. 3906
- Common law: The legal system that originated in England and is now in use in the United States. It is based on judicial decisions rather than legislative action.
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- Occupant: means a person, successor, assignee, agent, or representative entitled to use storage space under a rental agreement to the exclusion of others. See
- Owner: means the owner, operator, lessor, or sublessor of a self- storage facility, an agent, or any other person authorized by the owner to manage the facility or to receive rent from an occupant under a rental agreement. See
- Self-storage facility: means real property designed and used for the purpose of renting or leasing individual storage space to an occupant. See
- State: when applied to the different parts of the United States may apply to the District of Columbia and any territory and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. See
- Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
§ 3906. Scope; supplemental nature of chapter
(a) If an owner issues a warehouse receipt, bill of lading, or other document of title for the personal property stored in a self-storage facility, the owner and the occupant are subject to Title 9A and this chapter does not apply.
(b) Nothing in this chapter shall be construed in any manner to impair or affect the right of parties to create liens by special contract or agreement, nor shall it in any manner affect or impair other liens arising at common law or in equity, or by any statute in this State. (Added 2007, No. 183 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. Jan. 1, 2009; amended 2021, No. 168 (Adj. Sess.), § 1, eff. July 1, 2022.)