Florida SB 66: Self-storage Spaces

Bill Text

66 
Self-storage Spaces 
2025-09-23T10:43:08Z 
Revising the notice requirements of owners of self-storage units in order to satisfy a lien on a tenant’s property; requiring that rental agreements for renters of self-storage units which are entered into on or after a specified date provide certain information in compliance with the Self-storage Facility Act; authorizing owners of a self-storage unit to send notice to certain tenants’ last known address to apprise such tenants of a specified right, etc. 
Original Filed Version 
2026 
S 
2026-10-01T00:00:00Z 
GB 
General Bill 
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 Florida Senate - 2026 SB 66 

 By Senator Harrell 

 31-00217-26 202666__ 
 1 A bill to be entitled 
 2 An act relating to self-storage spaces; amending s. 
 3 83.803, F.S.; revising the definition of the term 
 4 “last known address”; amending s. 83.806, F.S.; 
 5 revising the notice requirements of owners of self 
 6 storage units in order to satisfy a lien on a tenant’s 
 7 property; revising the notice requirements for such 
 8 owners who wish to sell such tenant’s property; 
 9 amending s. 83.808, F.S.; requiring that rental 
 10 agreements for renters of self-storage units which are 
 11 entered into on or after a specified date provide 
 12 certain information in compliance with the Self 
 13 storage Facility Act; providing that failure or 
 14 refusal of a tenant to designate an alternate contact 
 15 does not affect a tenant’s or an owner’s rights or 
 16 remedies; providing an exception; authorizing owners 
 17 of a self-storage unit to send notice to certain 
 18 tenants’ last known address to apprise such tenants of 
 19 a specified right; providing an effective date. 
 20 
 21 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 
 22 
 23 Section 1. Subsection (1) of section 83.803, Florida 
 24 Statutes, is amended to read: 
 25 83.803 Definitions.—As used in ss. 83.801-83.809: 
 26 (1) “Last known address” means the street address or post 
 27 office box address provided by the tenant in the latest rental 
 28 agreement or, subject to any requirement in the rental 
 29 agreement, in a subsequent written change-of-address notice 
 30 provided by hand delivery, first-class mail, or e-mail. 
 31 Section 2. Subsections (1) and (4) of section 83.806, 
 32 Florida Statutes, are amended to read: 
 33 83.806 Enforcement of lien.—An owner’s lien as provided in 
 34 s. 83.805 may be satisfied as follows: 
 35 (1) The owner must notify the tenant and any alternate 
 36 contact tenant shall be notified by written notice delivered in 
 37 person, by e-mail, or by first-class mail with a certificate of 
 38 mailing to the tenant’s and, if applicable, the alternate 
 39 contact’s last known address and conspicuously posted at the 
 40 self-service storage facility or on the self-contained storage 
 41 unit. If the owner sends notice of a pending sale of property to 
 42 the tenant’s last known e-mail address and does not receive a 
 43 response, return receipt, or delivery confirmation from the same 
 44 e-mail address, the owner must send notice of the sale to the 
 45 tenant by first-class mail with a certificate of mailing to the 
 46 tenant’s last known address before proceeding with the sale. 
 47 (4) After the expiration of the time given in the notice, 
 48 an advertisement of the sale or other disposition must shall be 
 49 published once a week for 2 consecutive weeks in a newspaper of 
 50 general circulation in the area where the self-service storage 
 51 facility or self-contained storage unit is located or on a 
 52 public website that customarily conducts or advertises personal 
 53 property auctions or sales. 
 54 (a) A lien sale may be conducted on a public website that 
 55 customarily conducts personal property auctions or sales. The 
 56 facility or unit owner is not required to hold a license to post 
 57 property for online sale. Inasmuch As any sale may involve 
 58 property of more than one tenant, a single advertisement may be 
 59 used to dispose of property at any one sale. 
 60 (b) The advertisement must shall include: 
 61 1. A brief and general description of what is believed to 
 62 constitute the personal property contained in the storage unit, 
 63 as provided in paragraph (2)(b). 
 64 2. The address of the self-service storage facility or the 
 65 address where the self-contained storage unit is located and the 
 66 name of the tenant. 
 67 3. The time, place, and manner of the sale or other 
 68 disposition. The sale or other disposition must shall take place 
 69 at least 15 days after the first publication. 
 70 (c) If there is no newspaper of general circulation in the 
 71 area where the self-service storage facility or self-contained 
 72 storage unit is located and no public website exists that 
 73 customarily conducts or advertises personal property auctions or 
 74 sales where the self-service facility or self-contained unit is 
 75 located, the advertisement must shall be posted at l