1.1.................... moves to amend H.F. No. 2598, the first engrossment, as follows:
1.2Delete everything after the enacting clause and insert:

1.3    "Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 514.971, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
1.4    Subd. 2. Self-service storage facility. "Self-service storage facility" means real
1.5property that is designed and used only for renting or leasing individual storage space in
1.6the facility under the following conditions:
1.7(1) the occupants have access to their individual storage space only for the purpose
1.8of storing and removing their personal property;
1.9(2) the owner does not issue a warehouse receipt, bill of lading, or other document of
1.10title for the personal property stored in the storage space; and
1.11(3) the property has two or more individual storage spaces.
1.12The term does not include a garage used principally for parking motor vehicles or
1.13any property of a financial institution that contains vaults, safe deposit boxes, or other
1.14receptacles for the uses, purposes, and benefits of the financial institution's customers.
1.15(a) "Self-service storage facility" or "storage facility" means any real property
1.16designed and used for the purpose of renting or leasing individual storage space to
1.17occupants who are to have access for the purpose of storing and removing personal
1.18property. The term does not include:
1.19(1) any property of a financial institution that contains vaults, safe deposit boxes, or
1.20other receptacles for the uses, purposes, and benefits of the financial institution's customers;
1.21(2) a warehouse that issues a warehouse receipt, bill of lading, or other document of
1.22title for the property; or
1.23(3) a commercial parking garage or parking lot that provides short-term motor
1.24vehicle parking.
1.25(b) No occupant shall use a self-service storage facility for residential purposes.

1.26    Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 514.971, subdivision 7, is amended to read:
2.1    Subd. 7. Default. "Default" means failure of the occupant to pay the rent and other
2.2charges becoming due under the rental agreement within 15 ten days after the rents and
2.3other charges become due under the terms of the rental agreement.

2.4    Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 514.971, subdivision 8, is amended to read:
2.5    Subd. 8. Storage space. "Storage space" means an enclosure, cubicle, or room that
2.6is fully enclosed and equipped with a door designed to be locked for security by the
2.7occupant the storage space or spaces at the storage facility that are rented to an occupant
2.8pursuant to a rental agreement.

2.9    Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 514.971, is amended by adding a subdivision
2.10to read:
2.11    Subd. 10. Verified mail. "Verified mail" means any method of mailing that is
2.12offered by the United States Postal Service or private delivery service that provides
2.13evidence of mailing.

2.14    Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 514.972, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
2.15    Subd. 4. Denial of access. Upon default, the owner shall mail notice of default to the
2.16occupant at the last known address of the occupant as provided under section 514.974. The
2.17owner may deny the occupant access to the personal property contained in the self-service
2.18storage facility after default, service of the notice of default, expiration of the date stated
2.19for denial of access, and application of any security deposit to unpaid rent. The notice
2.20of default must state the date that the occupant will be denied access to the occupant's
2.21personal property in the self-service storage facility and that access will be denied until
2.22the owner's claim has been satisfied. The notice of default must state that any dispute
2.23regarding denial of access can be raised by the occupant beginning legal action in court.
2.24Notice of default must further state the rights of the occupant contained in subdivision 5.

2.25    Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 514.972, subdivision 5, is amended to read:
2.26    Subd. 5. Access to certain items. (a) Upon demand to any of the persons listed in
2.27section 514.976, subdivision 1, the occupant may remove from the self-service storage
2.28facility:
2.29(1) personal papers, health aids, and personal clothing of the occupant and the
2.30occupant's dependents, and personal property that is necessary for the livelihood of the
2.31occupant, that has a market value of less than $50 $75 per item, if demand is made to any
2.32of the persons listed in section 514.976, subdivision 1.;
3.1(2) personal property that is necessary for the livelihood of the occupant, including
3.2tools, machines, and instruments of trade not exceeding the value listed in section 550.37,
3.3subdivision 6; and
3.4(3) health aids and durable medical equipment, regardless of value.
3.5(b) The occupant shall present a list of the items, and may remove them during the
3.6facility's ordinary business hours prior to the sale authorized by section 514.973. The total
3.7market value of property removed under subdivisions 1 and 2 cannot exceed $250. If the
3.8owner unjustifiably denies the occupant access for the purpose of removing the items
3.9specified in this subdivision, the occupant is entitled to an order allowing access to the
3.10storage unit for removal of the specified items. The self-service storage facility is liable
3.11to the occupant for the costs, disbursements and attorney fees expended by the occupant
3.12 to obtain this order.
3.13(c) The provisions of this subdivision may not be waived or modified.
3.14(d) Only natural persons are entitled to access to certain items under this subdivision.

3.15    Sec. 7. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 514.973, is amended to read:
3.16514.973 ENFORCEMENT OF LIEN.
3.17    Subdivision 1. Generally. An owner's lien established under sections 514.970
3.18to 514.979 for a claim that has become due must be enforced in the same manner as
3.19warehouse's liens under section 336.7-210. as provided in this section.
3.20    Subd. 2. Notice; to whom and how sent. (a) The occupant and any person who has
3.21delivered written notice of a claim of an interest in the contents in the storage space to the
3.22owner shall be notified when rent and other charges are in default.
3.23(b) The notice must be delivered in person or sent by verified mail as provided
3.24under section 514.974. Notice sent by verified mail is presumed delivered when it is
3.25deposited with the United States Postal Service or private delivery service, and properly
3.26addressed with postage prepaid.
3.27(c) The owner must obtain the informed, written consent of the occupant to send
3.28notices exclusively via electronic mail. An occupant may withdraw consent at any time.
3.29The owner may not notify the occupant of the default by electronic mail unless the rental
3.30agreement, or a written change to the rental agreement, contains a written notice in at least
3.3112-point bold type, if printed, which states: "By choosing the option to receive e-mail
3.32communication in this agreement, the owner will provide you notices and other information
3.33regarding your account through the e-mail reflected in our records, or in a subsequent
3.34written change of e-mail address that has been given according to the facility's procedures."
4.1(d) The owner must verify that a notice sent by electronic mail has been delivered
4.2by obtaining an electronic receipt that establishes delivery of the notice to the occupant's
4.3e-mail address. If delivery of the electronic mail notice cannot be verified, the storage
4.4facility must deliver the notice in person or send the notice by verified mail. If the notice
4.5must be delivered in person or sent by verified mail after delivery by electronic mail
4.6has failed, the period specified in subdivision 3 shall not begin until the date the notice
4.7is delivered in person or by verified mail.
4.8    Subd. 3. Content of notice. The notice shall include:
4.9(1) a statement of the amount owed for rent and other charges and demand for
4.10payment within a specified time not less than 14 days after delivery of the notice;
4.11(2) pursuant to section 514.972, subdivision 4, a notice of denial of access to the
4.12storage space, if this denial is permitted under the terms of the rental agreement;
4.13(3) the name, street address, and telephone number of the owner, or of the owner's
4.14designated agent, whom the occupant may contact to respond to this notice;
4.15(4) a conspicuous statement that unless the claim is paid within the time stated in
4.16the notice, the personal property will be advertised for sale. The notice shall specify the
4.17time and place of the sale; and
4.18(5) a conspicuous statement of the items that the occupant may remove without
4.19charge pursuant to section 514.972, subdivision 5, if the occupant is denied general access
4.20to the storage space.
4.21    Subd. 4. Sale of property. (a) A sale of personal property, other than the sale of a
4.22motor vehicle or a watercraft, may take place no sooner than 45 days after default. Motor
4.23vehicles or watercrafts may only be removed or sold pursuant to subdivision 7.
4.24(b) After the expiration of the time given in the notice, the sale must be published
4.25once a week for two weeks consecutively in a newspaper of general circulation where
4.26the sale is to be held. The sale may take place no sooner than 15 days after the first
4.27publication. If the lien is satisfied before the second publication occurs, the second
4.28publication is waived. If there is no qualified newspaper under chapter 331A where the
4.29sale is to be held, the advertisement may be posted on an independent, publicly accessible
4.30Web site that advertises self storage lien sales or public notices. The advertisement must
4.31include a description of the goods, the name of the person on whose account the goods are
4.32being held, and the time and place of the sale.
4.33(c) A sale of the personal property must conform to the terms of the notification.
4.34(d) A sale of the personal property must be public and must be held at the storage
4.35facility, or at the nearest suitable place at which the personal property is held or stored.
5.1Online sales are permitted. Owners shall require all bidders, including online bidders, to
5.2register and agree to the rules of the sale.
5.3(e) The sale must be conducted in a commercially reasonable manner. A sale is
5.4commercially reasonable if the property is sold in conformity with the practices among
5.5dealers in the property sold or sellers of similar distressed property sales.
5.6    Subd. 5. Averting the sale. Before any sale pursuant to this section is conducted,
5.7any person claiming a right to the personal property may redeem the property by paying
5.8the amount sufficient to satisfy the lien and the reasonable expenses incurred complying
5.9with this section. If sufficient payment is made, the personal property may not be sold.
5.10    Subd. 6. Surplus. A storage facility may satisfy its lien from the proceeds of any
5.11sale pursuant to this section, provided that the storage facility must hold any sum obtained
5.12from the sale that exceeds the amount sufficient to satisfy the lien and the reasonable
5.13expenses incurred complying with this section for delivery on demand to the occupant
5.14and give notice to the occupant of the occupant's right to the funds as provided in section
5.15514.974. Any balance remaining unclaimed by the occupant for more than one year after
5.16the sale of the goods must be deposited into the state unclaimed property funds account
5.17under sections 345.31 to 345.60.
5.18    Subd. 7. Special procedures for motor vehicles. (a) Notwithstanding any law, rule,
5.19or regulation to the contrary, if the personal property upon which the lien is claimed is a
5.20motor vehicle or watercraft, and rent and other charges related to the property are in default
5.21for 60 consecutive days, the owner may sell the motor vehicle or watercraft as provided in
5.22this section or have the motor vehicle or watercraft towed by a towing company.
5.23(b) The owner's lien is terminated upon the towing company taking possession
5.24of the property.
5.25(c) If a motor vehicle or watercraft is towed as authorized in this subdivision, the
5.26owner shall:
5.27(1) send, by the method provided under subdivision 2, the name, address, and
5.28telephone number of the towing company that will perform the towing and the street
5.29address of the storage facility where the towed property can be redeemed; and
5.30(2) not be liable for the motor vehicle or watercraft or any damages to the motor
5.31vehicle or watercraft once the towing company takes possession of the property. Nothing
5.32in this section relieves the towing company from liability for damage for which they
5.33would otherwise be liable.
5.34    Subd. 8. Liability for damage. An occupant injured by a violation of this section
5.35may bring a civil action to recover damages.
6.1    Subd. 9. No effect on other rights. The rights provided under this section are in
6.2addition to all other rights allowed by law to a creditor and a debtor.

6.3    Sec. 8. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 514.974, is amended to read:
6.4514.974 ADDITIONAL NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENT.
6.5In addition to the requirements of section 336.7-210, the Notification of the proposed
6.6sale of personal property must include a notice of denial of access to the personal property
6.7until the owner's claim has been satisfied. Any notice the owner is required to mail to the
6.8occupant under sections 514.970 to 514.979 shall be sent to:
6.9(1) the e-mail address provided by occupant, as provided in section 514.973,
6.10subdivision 2;
6.11(2) the mailing address and the any alternate mailing address provided by the
6.12occupant in the rental agreement.; or
6.13(3) the last known mailing address of the occupant, if the last known mailing address
6.14differs from the mailing address listed by the occupant in the rental agreement and the
6.15owner has reason to believe that the last known mailing address is more current.

6.16    Sec. 9. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 514.975, is amended to read:
6.17514.975 RENTAL AGREEMENTS.
6.18    Subdivision 1. Disclosure. The rental agreement between the owner and the occupant
6.19must include a disclosure of the lien rights of the owner upon failure of the occupant to
6.20pay rent including the right to deny access to certain personal property contained in the
6.21self-service storage facility, and the extent and the limits of insurance carried by the owner
6.22covering the occupant's personal property stored in the leased premises. A rental agreement
6.23may not exempt an owner from liability for damages to an occupant's personal property
6.24caused by the owner's negligence. The rental agreement must request the occupant to insert
6.25an alternate mailing address. A rental agreement must contain a provision that allows the
6.26occupant to provide an optional alternate contact person. The alternate contact person is
6.27used solely for purposes of providing notice of default under section 514.973. Adding an
6.28alternate contact does not give that contact interest in the contents of the storage space.
6.29    Subd. 2. Value of stored property. If the rental agreement entered into between
6.30the owner and the occupant contains a provision placing a limit on the value of property
6.31that may be stored in the occupant's space, this limit is the maximum value of the stored
6.32property, provided that the provision is printed in bold type or underlined in the rental
6.33agreement. The limit on value of property may not be less than $1,000.
7.1    Subd. 3. Military protections. A rental agreement or an application for a rental
7.2agreement must contain a provision disclosing whether the applicant is a member of the
7.3uniformed services as the term is defined in United States Code, title 10, section 101(a)(5).

7.4    Sec. 10. EFFECTIVE DATE.
7.5Sections 1 to 9 are effective August 1, 2014, and apply to personal property put in
7.6self-service storage on or after that date."
7.7Delete the title and insert:
7.9relating to commerce; updating the laws regulating liens on personal property in
7.10self-storage;amending Minnesota Statutes 2012, sections 514.971, subdivisions
7.112, 7, 8, by adding a subdivision; 514.972, subdivisions 4, 5; 514.973; 514.974;
7.12514.975."