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Florida Senate
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2026
SB 66
By
Senator Harrell
31-00217-26 202666__
1 A bill to be entitled
2 An act relating to self-storage spaces; amending s.
3 83.803, F.S.; revising the definition of the term
4 “last known address”; amending s. 83.806, F.S.;
5 revising the notice requirements of owners of self
6 storage units in order to satisfy a lien on a tenant’s
7 property; revising the notice requirements for such
8 owners who wish to sell such tenant’s property;
9 amending s. 83.808, F.S.; requiring that rental
10 agreements for renters of self-storage units which are
11 entered into on or after a specified date provide
12 certain information in compliance with the Self
13 storage Facility Act; providing that failure or
14 refusal of a tenant to designate an alternate contact
15 does not affect a tenant’s or an owner’s rights or
16 remedies; providing an exception; authorizing owners
17 of a self-storage unit to send notice to certain
18 tenants’ last known address to apprise such tenants of
19 a specified right; providing an effective date.
20
21 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
22
23 Section 1. Subsection (1) of section 83.803, Florida
24 Statutes, is amended to read:
25 83.803 Definitions.—As used in ss. 83.801-83.809:
26 (1) “Last known address” means the street address or post
27 office box address provided by the tenant in the latest rental
28 agreement or
, subject to any requirement in the rental
29
agreement,
in a subsequent written change-of-address notice
30
provided by hand delivery, first-class mail, or e-mail
.
31 Section 2. Subsections (1) and (4) of section 83.806,
32 Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
33 83.806 Enforcement of lien.—An owner’s lien as provided in
34 s. 83.805 may be satisfied as follows:
35 (1) The
owner must notify the tenant and any alternate
36
contact
tenant shall be notified
by written notice delivered in
37 person, by e-mail, or by first-class mail with a certificate of
38 mailing to the tenant’s
and, if applicable, the alternate
39
contact’s
last known address
and conspicuously posted at the
40
self-service storage facility or on the self-contained storage
41
unit
. If the owner sends notice of a pending sale of property to
42 the tenant’s last known e-mail address and does not receive a
43 response, return receipt, or delivery confirmation from the same
44 e-mail address, the owner must send notice of the sale to the
45 tenant by first-class mail with a certificate of mailing to the
46 tenant’s last known address before proceeding with the sale.
47 (4) After the expiration of the time given in the notice,
48 an advertisement of the sale or other disposition
must
shall
be
49 published once a week for 2 consecutive weeks in a newspaper of
50 general circulation in the area where the self-service storage
51 facility or self-contained storage unit is located
or on a
52
public website that customarily conducts or advertises personal
53
property auctions or sales
.
54 (a) A lien sale may be conducted on a public website that
55 customarily conducts personal property auctions
or sales
. The
56 facility or unit owner is not required to hold a license to post
57 property for online sale.
Inasmuch
As any sale may involve
58 property of more than one tenant, a single advertisement may be
59 used to dispose of property at any one sale.
60 (b) The advertisement
must
shall
include:
61 1. A brief and general description of what is believed to
62 constitute the personal property contained in the storage unit,
63 as provided in paragraph (2)(b).
64 2. The address of the self-service storage facility or the
65 address where the self-contained storage unit is located and the
66 name of the tenant.
67 3. The time, place, and manner of the sale or other
68 disposition. The sale or other disposition
must
shall
take place
69 at least 15 days after the first publication.
70 (c) If there is no newspaper of general circulation in the
71 area where the self-service storage facility or self-contained
72 storage unit is located
and no public website exists that
73
customarily conducts or advertises personal property auctions or
74
sales where the self-service facility or self-contained unit is
75
located
, the advertisement
must
shall
be posted at least 10 days
76 before the date of the sale or other disposition in at least
77 three conspicuous places in the neighborhood where the self
78 service storage facility or self-contained storage unit is
79 located.
80 Section 3. Subsection (4) is added to section 83.808,
81 Florida Statutes, to read:
82 83.808 Contracts.—
83
(4)
A rental agreement entered into on or after October 1,
84
2026, must contain a provision apprising the tenant of the
85
option to designate an alternate contact to receive notices
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required by the Self-storage Facility Act and must provide space
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in the agreement to designate the alternate contact.
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(a)
Failure or refusal of a tenant to designate an
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alternate contact does not affect a tenant’s or an owner’s
90
rights or remedies under this section or under any other law.
91
The alternate contact, if any, does not have any right to access
92
the tenant’s storage space at a self-service storage facility or
93
the tenant’s self-contained storage unit or the personal
94
property contained therein unless expressly stated otherwise in
95
the rental agreement.
96
(b)
For a rental agreement entered into before October 1,
97
2026, an owner may send notice to a tenant’s last known address
98
to apprise the tenant of his or her right to designate an
99
alternate contact by the method specified by the owner in the
100
notice.
101 Section 4. This act shall take effect October 1, 2026.