55-2301. DEFINITIONS. As used in this chapter:
(1) "Default" means the failure to perform, on time, any obligation or
duty set forth in the rental agreement.
(2) "Last known address" means that address provided by the lessee in the
rental agreement or the address provided by lessee to the operator in a
subsequent written notice of a change of address.
(3) "Leased space" means the individual storage space at the self-service
storage facility which is or may be rented to a lessee pursuant to a rental
agreement.
(4) "Lessee" means a person, sublessee, successor, or assignee entitled
to the use of a leased space at a self-service storage facility under a rental
agreement.
(5) "Operator" means any person authorized by the owner to manage the
facility.
(6) "Owner" means the person who holds legal title to the self-service
storage facility. An owner may also be an operator.
(7) "Personal property" means those items placed within the leased space
and includes, but is not limited to, goods, wares, merchandise, motor
vehicles, watercraft and household items and furnishings.
(8) "Rental agreement" means a signed, written agreement or contract that
establishes conditions or rules concerning the use and occupancy by a lessee
of a self-service storage facility and includes any signed written amendment
to such an agreement.
(9) "Self-service storage facility" means any real property used for
renting or leasing individual storage space in which the lessees themselves
store and remove their own personal property on a "self-service" basis.

55-2302. RESTRICTIVE USE OF TERMS. A self-service storage facility is not
a warehouse or a public utility.

55-2303. RESTRICTIONS ON USE OF LEASED SPACE. (1) An operator may not
knowingly permit a leased space to be used for residential purposes.
(2) A lessee may not use a leased space for residential purposes.

55-2304. RENTAL AGREEMENT. (1) From and after July 1, 1990, any operator
offering storage spaces in a self-service storage facility for rent shall
provide a written rental agreement which shall be executed by the operator and
the lessee. The operator of a self-storage facility shall provide a lessee
with a copy of the rental agreement at the time of the rental.
(2) The rental agreement shall contain a conspicuous statement advising
the lessee:
(a) Of the existence of the lien;
(b) That the property in the leased space may be sold to satisfy the lien
if the lessee is in default; and
(c) That the personal property stored in a storage space will not be
insured unless the lessee obtains insurance on his property.
(3) The rental agreement shall contain a provision requiring the lessee
to disclose any lienholders or secured parties who have an interest in
property that is stored in the self-service storage facility.

55-2305. LIEN CREATED. The owner of a self-[service] storage facility,
his heirs, executors, administrators, successors, and assigns shall have a
lien on all personal property stored within each leased space located at the
self-service storage facility for rent, labor, or other charges, present or
future, and for expenses reasonably incurred in enforcing the lien.
Self-[service] storage facility liens shall be brought exclusively under the
provisions of this chapter.

55-2306. ENFORCEMENT OF LIEN. (1) Action to enforce a lienholder's claim
which has become due against a lessee and which is secured by the owner's lien
may be taken by the owner or operator after the lessee has been in default of
the rental agreement continuously for a period of sixty (60) days.
(2) The operator shall send notice by certified mail to the lessee at his
last known address and to all persons disclosed by the lessee as claiming a
security interest in the stored property. The notice shall include:
(a) The name, address and telephone number of the person claiming the
lien;
(b) An itemized statement of the lienholder's claim showing the sum due
at the time of the notice and the date when the sum became due;
(c) A demand for payment within a time specified, not less than ten (10)
days after mailing of the notice;
(d) A statement that unless the claim is paid within the time stated in
the notice, the personal property shall be advertised for sale and shall
be sold at a specified time and place, but which shall not be sooner than
ten (10) days after the first publication;
(e) A brief and general description of the goods subject to the lien; and
(f) Notification that the operator may deny access by the lessee to his
personal property until the lien has been satisfied.
(3) Upon expiration of the time specified in subsection (2)(c) of this
section, an advertisement of the sale shall be published once a week for two
(2) consecutive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in the county
where the self-service storage facility is located. The advertisement shall
include:
(a) The location, date, time and manner of the sale of the property
stored in the self-service facility;
(b) A brief and general description of the personal property; and
(c) The name and last known address of the lessee.
(4) At any time before the advertised sale of the personal property has
been conducted, the lessee or any other person may pay the amount necessary to
satisfy the lien, including all documented and verifiable labor and expenses
incurred in enforcing the lien.
(5) In the event of a sale, the operator shall:
(a) Ensure that the sale is conducted in conformance with the terms of
the published notice;
(b) Identify the specific properties and disclose the names and addresses
provided by the lessee, of persons claiming a security interest in the
specified properties; and
(c) Comply with the provisions of chapter 17, title 49, Idaho Code, when
foreclosing on titled vehicles.
(6) The proceeds of the sale must be applied to the discharge of the lien
and costs. The remainder, if any, shall be paid over to the lessee or any
other person authorized in writing by the lessee to claim the balance.

55-2307. SEVERABILITY. The provisions of this act are hereby declared to
be severable and if any provision of this act or the application of such
provision to any person or circumstance is declared invalid for any reason,
such declaration shall not affect the validity of remaining portions of this
act.