§ 38-21.5-101 — Definitions

Colorado § 38-21.5-101

• Jurisdiction: Colorado
• Title 38: Property -
• Art.: Self-service Storage Facility Liens

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As used in this article 21.5, unless the context
otherwise requires:

(1) Default means the failure to perform in a timely manner any obligation
or duty set forth in this article or the rental agreement.

(1.5) Electronic mail or email means an electronic message or an
executable program or computer file that contains an image of a message that is
transmitted between two or more computers or electronic terminals. The term
includes electronic messages that are transmitted within or between computer
networks.

(2) Last-known address means that postal address or email address
provided by the occupant in the latest rental agreement or in a subsequent written
notice of a change of address.

(3) Occupant means a person, or his sublessee, successor, or assign,
entitled to the use of the storage space at a self-service storage facility under a
rental agreement, to the exclusion of others.

(4) Owner means the owner, operator, lessor, or sublessor of a self-service
storage facility, his agent, or any other person authorized by him to manage the
facility or to receive rent from an occupant under a rental agreement.

(5) Personal property means movable property not affixed to land and
includes, but is not limited to, goods, merchandise, and household items.

(6) Rental agreement means any written agreement or lease that
establishes or modifies the terms, conditions, rules, or any other provisions
concerning the use and occupancy at a self-service storage facility.

(7) Self-service storage facility means any real property designed and
used for the purpose of renting or leasing individual storage space to occupants
who are to have access to such facility for the purpose of storing and removing
personal property. No occupant shall use a self-service storage facility for
residential purposes. A self-service storage facility is not a warehouse as used in
sections 4-7-209 and 4-7-210, C.R.S. If an owner issues any warehouse receipt, bill
of lading, or other document of title for the personal property stored, the owner and
the occupant are subject to the provisions of the Uniform Commercial Code, and
the provisions of this article do not apply.

(8) Vehicle means any item of personal property required to be registered
with the department of revenue pursuant to section 42-3-103, C.R.S.

(9) Verified mail means any method of mailing that is offered by the United
States postal service and that provides evidence of mailing.

(10) Watercraft means any vessel, including a personal watercraft, as
defined in section 33-13-102, C.R.S.

Legislative History

Source: L. 80: Entire article added, p. 700, � 1, effective July 1. L. 2011: (1.5), (8), (9), and (10) added and (2) and (6) amended, (SB 11-039), ch. 92, p. 271, � 1, effective August 10. L. 2018: IP and (6) amended, (HB 18-1117), ch. 68, p. 626, � 1, effective August 8.