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A bill to be entitled 1
An act relating to self -storage spaces; amending s. 2
83.803, F.S.; revising the definition of the term 3
"last known address"; amending s. 83.806, F.S.; 4
revising the notice requirements of owners of self -5
storage units in order to enforce a lien on a tenant's 6
property; revising the notice requirements for such 7
owners who wish to sell such tenant's property; 8
amending s. 83.808, F.S.; requiring that rental 9
agreements for renters of self-storage units which are 10
entered into on or after a specified date provide 11
certain information in compliance with the Florida 12
Self-storage Facility Act; providing that failure or 13
refusal of a tenant to designate an alternate contact 14
does not affect a tenant's or an owner's rights or 15
remedies; providing an exception; authorizing owners 16
of a self-storage unit to send notice to certain 17
tenants' last known address to apprise such tenants of 18
a specified right; providing an effective date. 19
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Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 21
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Section 1. Subsection (1) of section 83.803, Florida 23
Statutes, is amended to read: 24
83.803 Definitions. —As used in ss. 83.801 -83.809: 25
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(1) "Last known address" means the street address or po st 26
office box address provided by the tenant in the latest rental 27
agreement or, subject to any requirement in the rental 28
agreement, in a subsequent written change -of-address notice 29
provided by hand delivery, first -class mail, or e-mail. 30
Section 2. Subsections (1) and (4) of section 83.806, 31
Florida Statutes, are amended to read: 32
83.806 Enforcement of lien. —An owner's lien as provided in 33
s. 83.805 may be satisfied as follows: 34
(1) The owner must notify the tenant and any alternate 35
contact tenant shall be notified by written notice delivered in 36
person, by e-mail, or by first-class mail with a certificate of 37
mailing to the tenant's and, if applicable, the alternate 38
contact's last known address and conspicuously posted at the 39
self-service storage facility or on the self-contained storage 40
unit. If the owner sends notice of a pending sale of property to 41
the tenant's last known e -mail address and does not receive a 42
response, return receipt, or delivery confirmation from the same 43
e-mail address, the owner must send notice of the sale to the 44
tenant by first-class mail with a certificate of mailing to the 45
tenant's last known address before proceeding with the sale. 46
(4) After the expiration of the time given in the notice, 47
an advertisement of the sale or other di sposition must shall be 48
published once a week for 2 consecutive weeks in a newspaper of 49
general circulation in the area where the self -service storage 50
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facility or self-contained storage unit is located or on a 51
public website that customarily conducts or ad vertises personal 52
property auctions or sales . 53
(a) A lien sale may be conducted on a public website that 54
customarily conducts personal property auctions or sales. The 55
facility or unit owner is not required to hold a license to post 56
property for online sal e. Inasmuch As any sale may involve 57
property of more than one tenant, a single advertisement may be 58
used to dispose of property at any one sale. 59
(b) The advertisement must shall include: 60
1. A brief and general description of what is believed to 61
constitute the personal property contained in the storage unit, 62
as provided in paragraph (2)(b). 63
2. The address of the self -service storage facility or the 64
address where the self -contained storage unit is located and the 65
name of the tenant. 66
3. The time, place, and manner of the sale or other 67
disposition. The sale or other disposition must shall take place 68
at least 15 days after the first publication. 69
(c) If there is no newspaper of general circulation in the 70
area where the self-service storage facility or self -contained 71
storage unit is located and the owner does not publish the 72
advertisement on a public website that customarily conducts or 73
advertises personal property auctions or sales , the 74
advertisement must shall be posted at least 10 days before the 75
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date of the sale or other disposition in at least three 76
conspicuous places in the neighborhood where the self -service 77
storage facility or self -contained storage unit is located. 78
Section 3. Subsection (4) is added to section 83.808, 79
Florida Statutes, to read: 80
83.808 Contracts.— 81
(4) Rental agreements entered into on or after September 82
1, 2025, must contain a provision that apprises the tenant of 83
the option to designate an alternate contact to receive notices 84
required by the Florida Self -storage Facility Act and must 85
provide space in the agreement to designate the alternate 86
contact. 87
(a) Failure or refusal of a tenant to designate an 88
alternate contact does not affect a tenant's or an owner's 89
rights or remedies under this section or under any other law. 90
The alternate contact, if any, may not have any rights to access 91
the tenant's storage space at a self -service storage facility or 92
the tenant's self-contained storage unit or the personal 93
property contained therein unless expressly stated otherwise in 94
the rental agreement. 95
(b) For rental agreements entered into before September 1, 96
2025, an owner may send notice to the tenant's last known 97
address to apprise the tenant of his or her right to designate 98
an alternate contact by the method specified by the owner in the 99
notice. 100
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Section 4. This act shall take effect July 1, 2025. 101