Iowa Code § 578A.1
Short title
This Act shall be known as the “Self-Service Storage Facilities Act”.
Iowa Code Chapter 578A — Self-Service Storage Facilities
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Iowa Code § 578A.2
Definitions
As used in this chapter, unless the context clearly requires otherwise: 1. “Commercially reasonable sale” means a sale that is conducted at the self-service storage facility, at the nearest suitable place to where the personal property is held or stored, or on a publicly accessible internet site that conducts sales or…
Iowa Code § 578A.3
Facility not residence
1. An operator shall not knowingly permit a leased space at a self-service storage facility to be used for residential purposes. 2. An occupant shall not use a leased space for residential purposes.
Iowa Code § 578A.4
Notice and consent for inspection and repair
Unless otherwise provided in a rental agreement, an occupant, upon reasonable request from the operator, shall allow the operator to enter a leased space for the purpose of inspection or repair. If an emergency occurs, an operator may enter a leased space for inspection or repair without notice to or consent from the o…
Iowa Code § 578A.5
Lien late fee electronic communication permitted
1. The operator of a self-service storage facility and the operator’s heirs, executors, administrators, successors, and assigns shall have a lien upon all of an occupant’s personal property located at the self-service storage facility for delinquent rent, late fees, labor, or other charges incurred pursuant to a rental…
Iowa Code § 578A.6
Right to deny access due to default
If the occupant is in default, the operator shall have the right to deny the occupant access to the leased space at the self-service storage facility if such right is set forth in the rental agreement.
Iowa Code § 578A.7
Enforcement of lien
1. If an occupant is in default for a period of at least thirty days, the operator may enforce the lien granted in section 578A.5 by selling the occupant’s personal property. Sale of the occupant’s personal property may be by public or private proceedings. Such personal property may be sold as a unit or in parcels, by…
Iowa Code § 578A.8
Exclusive care, custody, and control of personal property vested in occupant
Unless the rental agreement specifically provides otherwise and until a lien sale under section 578A.7, the exclusive care, custody, and control of all personal property stored in a leased space remains vested in the occupant.
Iowa Code § 578A.9
Supplemental nature of chapter
This chapter does not impair the powers of the parties to a rental agreement to create rights, duties, or obligations that do not arise from this chapter. This chapter does not impair or impact the rights of parties to create liens by special contract or agreement, nor does it affect or impair other liens arising at co…
Iowa Code § 578A.10
Disclosure of flood zone
The operator shall disclose in the rental agreement whether the self-service storage facility is located in a “special flood hazard area” as defined by the federal emergency management agency in 44 C.F.R. pt. 61, Appendix A(3).
Iowa Code § 578A.11
Fire, flood, or other catastrophic event damage or destruction
If the self-service storage facility is damaged or destroyed by a fire, flood, or other catastrophic event to the extent that the leased space is rendered unusable, the operator shall make a good faith effort to notify the occupant of the event and the occupant may terminate the rental agreement by giving the required…