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<section article="gcl" article_name="Commercial Law" number="18-503" title_number="18" title_name="Bills of Lading and Warehouse Receipts -- Criminal Provisions" subtitle_number="5" subtitle_name="Maryland Self-Service Storage Act">
  <level label="a">
    <text>The operator of a self–service storage facility has a lien on all personal property stored within each leased space for rent, labor, or other charges, and for expenses reasonably incurred in its sale, as provided in this subtitle.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>The rental agreement shall contain a statement, in bold type, advising the occupant:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Of the existence of the lien;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>That personal property stored in the leased space may be sold to satisfy the lien if the occupant is in default;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>That personal property stored in the leased space may be towed or removed from the self–service storage facility if:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>The personal property is a motor vehicle or watercraft; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>The occupant is in default for more than 60 days;</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>That a sale of personal property stored in the leased space to satisfy the lien if the occupant is in default shall be advertised:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>In a newspaper of general circulation in the jurisdiction where the sale is to be held;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>By electronic mail; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>On an online website; and</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>That if the operator does not renew the rental agreement, the operator shall, in accordance with § 18–502 of this subtitle, deliver written notice advising the occupant to remove all personal property from the self–service storage facility by the date stated in the notice.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
