New York S 6220: Relates to the enforcement of liens on personal property at self-storage facilities

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S06220 Summary:

BILL NOS06220A

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SAME ASSAME AS A08552-A

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SPONSORKRUEGER

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §182, Lien L

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Relates to the enforcement of liens on personal property at self-storage facilities; requires enforcement of a lien by public sale; requires a delay in enforcement of a lien if the tenant is a service member who is transferred or deployed on active duty or if the tenant is deceased; requires 60 days notice if the property subject to the lien is a motor vehicle or watercraft; requires a storage facility to hold certain surplus funds.

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BILL NOS06220A

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03/06/2025REFERRED TO JUDICIARY

06/09/2025AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO JUDICIARY

06/09/2025PRINT NUMBER 6220A

06/11/2025COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES

01/07/2026REFERRED TO JUDICIARY

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 6220--A

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 March 6, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. KRUEGER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Judiciary -- committee
 discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
 to said committee

 AN ACT to amend the lien law, in relation to the enforcement of liens on
 personal property at self-storage facilities

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. Section 182 of the lien law, as added by chapter 975 of the
 2 laws of 1983, the section heading and subdivisions 1, 2, 6 and 7 as
 3 amended by chapter 424 of the laws of 2019, is amended to read as
 4 follows:
 5 § 182. Self-storage facilities; lien. 1. Definitions. As used in this
 6 article:
 7 (a) "Self-storage facility" means any real property or a portion ther-
 8 eof that is designed and used for the purpose of occupying storage space
 9 by occupants who are to have access thereto for the purpose of storing
 10 and removing personal property. The owner of a self-storage facility
 11 shall not be deemed to be a warehouseman as defined in the uniform
 12 commercial code. Except as provided in paragraph (b) of this subdivi-
 13 sion, if an owner issues any warehouse receipt, bill of lading, or other
 14 document of title for the personal property stored, the owner and the
 15 occupant are subject to the provisions of the uniform commercial code
 16 and the provisions of this section shall not be applicable.
 17 (b) "Owner" means a person, partnership or corporation which operates
 18 a self-storage facility, an agent, or any other person authorized by the
 19 owner to manage the facility or to receive storage fees from an occupant
 20 under an occupancy agreement. A warehouseman may be an owner to the
 21 extent that any part of the building is operated as a self-storage
 22 facility.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD07984-04-5

 S. 6220--A 2

 1 (c) "Occupant" means a person, entitled to the use of the storage
 2 space at a self-storage facility under a written occupancy agreement or
 3 [his] such person's successor or assignee, to the exclusion of others
 4 including the owner except as provided in this section or the occupancy
 5 agreement.
 6 (d) "Occupancy agreement" means any written agreement, electronic or
 7 printed, that establishes or modifies the terms, conditions, rules or
 8 any other provisions concerning the use and occupancy of a self-storage
 9 facility and any one or more individual storage spaces therein.
 10 (e) "Personal property" means movable property not affixed to land and
 11 includes, but is not limited to, goods, merchandise and household items.
 12 (f) "Electronic mail" shall mean an electronic message or an executa-
 13 ble program or computer file that contains an image of a message that is
 14 transmitted between two or more computers or electronic terminals. Such
 15 term shall include electronic messages that are transmitted within or
 16 between computer networks.
 17 (g) "Last known address" shall mean the street address, post office
 18 b