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HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 573 FILED ON: 1/10/2025
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 340
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
Tackey Chan
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To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General
Court assembled:
The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill:
An Act relative to clarifying the self-storage law for consumers.
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PETITION OF:
NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :DATE ADDED:Tackey Chan2nd Norfolk1/10/2025 1 of 2
HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 573 FILED ON: 1/10/2025
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 340
By Representative Chan of Quincy, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 340) of Tackey
Chan for legislation to clarify self-storage laws. Consumer Protection and Professional
Licensure.
[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE HOUSE, NO. 4504 OF 2023-2024.]
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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In the One Hundred and Ninety-Fourth General Court
(2025-2026)
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An Act relative to clarifying the self-storage law for consumers.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority
of the same, as follows:
1 SECTION 1. Section 1 of chapter 105A of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2022
2Official Edition, is hereby amended by striking out the definition, “Abandoned lease space” and
3inserting in place thereof the following definition:-
4 “Abandoned leased space”, (i) a leased space that the operator finds unlocked and empty
5or unlocked and containing personal property with a value less than $300, in the operator's
6opinion, (ii) a leased space, which possession, all rights to and any personal property within has
7been affirmatively surrendered to the operator by the occupant; or (iii) a leased space containing
8personal property upon the end of the rental agreement. 2 of 2
9 SECTION 2. Said section 1 of said chapter 105A of the General Laws, as so appearing, is
10hereby further amended by inserting at the end of the definition of “Rental agreement”, the
11following new sentence:- A rental agreement may be delivered and accepted electronically.
12 SECTION 3. Section 2 of chapter 105A of the General Laws, as so appearing, is hereby
13amended by inserting after the first sentence the following new sentence:- The occupant shall be
14bound by the rental agreement, even if unsigned, if the occupant uses the leased space more than
1530 days after delivery of the written notice of the rental agreement to the occupant.