§ 9:4757 — Definitions

Louisiana § 9:4757

• Jurisdiction: Louisiana
• Title 9: Civil Code-Ancillaries

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§4757. Definitions
As used in this Part, unless the context clearly requires otherwise:
(1) "Electronic mail" means an electronic message that is transmitted between two
or more telecommunications devices, computers, or electronic devices capable of receiving
electronic messages, whether or not the message is converted to printed format after receipt
or is viewed upon transmission or stored for later retrieval. "Electronic mail" includes
electronic messages that are transmitted through a local, regional, or global computer
network.
(2) "Electronic mail address" means a destination, commonly expressed as a string
of characters, to which electronic mail can be sent or delivered. An "electronic mail address"
may include a user name or mailbox and a reference to an Internet domain.
(3) "Last known address" means the mailing address or the electronic mail address
provided by the lessee in the latest rental agreement or the mailing address or the electronic
mail address provided by the lessee in a subsequent written notice of a change of address.
(4) "Lessee" means a person, his sublessee, successor, or assign, entitled to the use
of storage space at a self-service storage facility under a rental agreement, to the exclusion
of others.
(5) "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 a lessee under a rental agreement.
(6) "Rental agreement" means any agreement or lease, written or oral, entered into
between the owner and a lessee, that establishes or modifies the terms, conditions, rules, or
any other provisions concerning the use of 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 lessees who are to have access to
such for the purpose of storing and removing movable property. No lessee shall use a
self-service storage facility for residential purposes. A self-service storage facility shall not
be considered as a warehouse subject to the provisions of Title 10 of the Louisiana Revised
Statutes; however, if an owner issues any warehouse receipt, bill of lading, or other
document of title for the movable property stored, the owner and the lessees shall be subject
to the provisions of Title 10 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes and the provisions of this Part
shall not apply.
(8) "Verified mail" means any method of mailing that is offered by the United States
Postal Service or a private delivery service that provides evidence of mailing.
(9) "Wireless telecommunications device" means a cellular telephone, a text
messaging device, a personal digital assistant, a stand-alone computer, or any other
substantially similar wireless device.

Legislative History

Added by Acts 1981, No. 506, §1; Acts 2016, No. 167, §1, eff. May 19, 2016; Acts 2021, No. 111, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2022.