Florida HB 135: Educational Dollars for Duty Program

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HB 135 2026

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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; amending s. 83.808, F.S.; requiring that 7
rental agreements for renters of self-storage units 8
which are entered into on or after a specified date 9
provide certain information in compliance with the 10
Self-storage Facility Act; providing that failure or 11
refusal of a tenant to designate an alternate contact 12
does not affect a tenant's or an owner's rights or 13
remedies; providing an exception; authorizing owners 14
of a self-storage unit to send notice to certain 15
tenants' last known address to apprise such tenants of 16
a specified right; providing an effective date. 17
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Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 19
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Section 1. Subsection (1) of section 83.803, Florida 21
Statutes, is amended to read: 22
83.803 Definitions.—As used in ss. 83.801-83.809: 23
(1) "Last known address" means the street address or post 24
office box address provided by the tenant in the latest rental 25

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agreement or, subject to any requirement in the rental 26
agreement, in a subsequent written change-of-address notice 27
provided by hand delivery, first-class mail, or e-mail. 28
Section 2. Subsections (1) and (4) of section 83.806, 29
Florida Statutes, are amended to read: 30
83.806 Enforcement of lien.—An owner's lien as provided in 31
s. 83.805 may be satisfied as follows: 32
(1) The owner must notify the tenant and any alternate 33
contact tenant shall be notified by written notice delivered in 34
person, by e-mail, or by first-class mail with a certificate of 35
mailing to the tenant's and, if applicable, the alternate 36
contact's last known address and conspicuously posted at the 37
self-service storage facility or on the self-contained storage 38
unit. If the owner sends notice of a pending sale of property to 39
the tenant's last known e-mail address and does not receive a 40
response, return receipt, or delivery confirmation from the same 41
e-mail address, the owner must send notice of the sale to the 42
tenant by first-class mail with a certificate of mailing to the 43
tenant's last known address before proceeding with the sale. 44
(4) After the expiration of the time given in the notice, 45
an advertisement of the sale or other disposition must shall be 46
published once a week for 2 consecutive weeks in a newspaper of 47
general circulation in the area where the self-service storage 48
facility or self-contained storage unit is located or on a 49
public website that customarily conducts or advertises personal 50

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property auctions or sales. 51
(a) A lien sale may be conducted on a public website that 52
customarily conducts personal property auctions or sales. The 53
facility or unit owner is not required to hold a license to post 54
property for online sale. Inasmuch As any sale may involve 55
property of more than one tenant, a single advertisement may be 56
used to dispose of property at any one sale. 57
(b) The advertisement must shall include: 58
1. A brief and general description of what is believed to 59
constitute the personal property contained in the storage unit, 60
as provided in paragraph (2)(b). 61
2. The address of the self-service storage facility or the 62
address where the self-contained storage unit is located and the 63
name of the tenant. 64
3. The time, place, and manner of the sale or other 65
disposition. The sale or other disposition must shall take place 66
at least 15 days after the first publication. 67
(c) If there is no newspaper of general circulation in the 68
area where the self-service storage facility or self-contained 69
storage unit is located, the advertisement must shall be posted 70
at least 10 days before the date of the sale or other 71
disposition in at least three conspicuous places in the 72
neighborhood where the self-service storage facility or self-73
contained storage unit is located. 74
Section 3. Subsection (4) is added to section 83.808, 75

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Florida Statutes, to read: 76
83.808 Contracts.— 77
(4) Rental agreements entered into on or after October 1, 78
2026, must contain a provision that apprises the