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The rental agreement may be delivered and accepted electronically.\n\t\t“Self-service storage facility” means any real property designed and used for renting or leasing individual storage spaces, other than storage spaces that are leased or rented as an incident to the lease or rental of residential property or dwelling units, to which the occupants thereof have access for storing or removing their personal property. No occupant shall use a self-service storage facility for residential purposes.\n\t\t“Verified mail” means any method of mailing that is offered by the United States Postal Service or private delivery service that provides evidence of mailing.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":201722,"text":"As used in this chapter, unless the context requires a different meaning:\n\t\t“Default” means the failure to perform on time any obligation or duty set forth in the rental agreement or this chapter.\n\t\t“Last known address” means that address or electronic mail address provided by the occupant in the rental agreement or the address or electronic mail address provided by the occupant in a subsequent written notice of a change of address.\n\t\t“Leased space” means the individual storage space at the self-service facility that is leased or rented to an occupant pursuant to a rental agreement.\n\t\t“Occupant” means a person, his sublessee, successor, or assign, entitled to the use of a leased space at a self-service storage facility under a rental agreement.\n\t\t“Owner” means the owner, operator, lessor, or sublessor of a self-service storage facility, his agent, or any other person authorized to manage the facility or to receive rent from any occupant under a rental agreement.\n\t\tThe owner of a self-service storage facility is not a warehouseman as defined in \u00a7 8.7-102, unless the owner issues a warehouse receipt, bill of lading, or other document of title for the personal property stored, in which event, the owner and the occupant are subject to the provisions of Title 8.7 dealing with warehousemen.\n\t\t“Personal property” means movable property not affixed to land and includes goods, wares, merchandise, and household items and furnishings.\n\t\t“Rental agreement” means any agreement or lease that establishes or modifies the terms, conditions, or rules concerning the use and occupancy of a self-service storage facility. 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This law was first created in 1981. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 627 of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. Unfortunately, the 1981 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 4 times. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. Those modifications are as follows: in 2009, chapter 664<\/a>; in 2015, chapter 208<\/a>; in 2019, chapter 712<\/a>; in 2024, chapter 673<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":80376,"section_number":"54.1-601","catch_line":"Exemptions","order_by":null,"url":"\/54.1-601\/"},{"id":74330,"section_number":"58.1-3901","catch_line":"Apartment house, office building, shopping center, trailer camp, trailer court, self-service storage facility, marina, airport, and other owners or operators to file lists of tenants","order_by":null,"url":"\/58.1-3901\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":67942,"section_number":"8.7-102","catch_line":"Definitions and index of definitions","order_by":null,"url":"\/8.7-102\/"}],"permalink":{"id":248375,"object_type":"law","relational_id":54991,"identifier":"55.1-2900","token":"55.1\/V\/29\/55.1-2900","url":"\/55.1-2900\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/55.1-2900\/","token":"55.1\/V\/29\/55.1-2900","dublin_core":{"Title":"Definitions","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 55.1-2900","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

As used in this chapter, unless the context requires a different meaning:\n\t\t“Default<\/span>” means the failure to perform on time any obligation or duty set forth in the rental agreement<\/span> or this chapter.\n\t\t“Last known address<\/span>” means that address or electronic mail address provided by the occupant<\/span> in the rental agreement<\/span> or the address or electronic mail address provided by the occupant<\/span> in a subsequent written notice of a change of address.\n\t\t“Leased space<\/span>” means the individual storage space at the self-service facility that is leased or rented to an occupant<\/span> pursuant to a rental agreement<\/span>.\n\t\t“Occupant<\/span>” means a person, his sublessee, successor, or assign, entitled to the use of a leased space<\/span> at a self-service storage facility<\/span> under a rental agreement<\/span>.\n\t\t“Owner<\/span>” means the owner<\/span>, operator, lessor, or sublessor of a self-service storage facility<\/span>, his agent, or any other person authorized to manage the facility or to receive rent from any occupant<\/span> under a rental agreement<\/span>.\n\t\tThe owner<\/span> of a self-service storage facility<\/span> is not a warehouseman as defined in \u00a7 8.7-102<\/a>, unless the owner<\/span> issues<\/span> a warehouse receipt, bill of lading, or other document of title for the personal property<\/span> stored, in which event, the owner<\/span> and the occupant<\/span> are subject to the provisions of Title 8.7 dealing with warehousemen.\n\t\t“Personal property<\/span>” means movable property not affixed to land and includes goods, wares, merchandise, and household items and furnishings.\n\t\t“Rental agreement<\/span>” means any agreement or lease that establishes or modifies the terms, conditions, or rules concerning the use and occupancy of a self-service storage facility<\/span>. The rental agreement<\/span> may be delivered and accepted electronically.\n\t\t“Self-service storage facility<\/span>” means any real property designed and used for renting or leasing individual storage spaces, other than storage spaces that are leased or rented as an incident to the lease or rental of residential property or dwelling units, to which the occupants<\/span> thereof have access for storing or removing their personal property<\/span>. No occupant<\/span> shall use a self-service storage facility<\/span> for residential purposes.\n\t\t“Verified mail<\/span>” means any method of mailing that is offered by the United States Postal Service or private delivery service that provides evidence<\/span> of mailing.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nDEFINITIONS (\u00a7 55.1-2900)\n\nAs used in this chapter, unless the context requires a different meaning:\n\t\t“Default” means the failure to perform on time any obligation or\nduty set forth in the rental agreement or this chapter.\n\t\t“Last known address” means that address or electronic mail address\nprovided by the occupant in the rental agreement or the address or electronic\nmail address provided by the occupant in a subsequent written notice of a change\nof address.\n\t\t“Leased space” means the individual storage space at the\nself-service facility that is leased or rented to an occupant pursuant to a\nrental agreement.\n\t\t“Occupant” means a person, his sublessee, successor, or assign,\nentitled to the use of a leased space at a self-service storage facility under a\nrental agreement.\n\t\t“Owner” means the owner, operator, lessor, or sublessor of a\nself-service storage facility, his agent, or any other person authorized to\nmanage the facility or to receive rent from any occupant under a rental\nagreement.\n\t\tThe owner of a self-service storage facility is not a warehouseman as defined\nin \u00a7 8.7-102, unless the owner issues a warehouse receipt, bill of lading, or\nother document of title for the personal property stored, in which event, the\nowner and the occupant are subject to the provisions of Title 8.7 dealing with\nwarehousemen.\n\t\t“Personal property” means movable property not affixed to land and\nincludes goods, wares, merchandise, and household items and furnishings.\n\t\t“Rental agreement” means any agreement or lease that establishes\nor modifies the terms, conditions, or rules concerning the use and occupancy of\na self-service storage facility. The rental agreement may be delivered and\naccepted electronically.\n\t\t“Self-service storage facility” means any real property designed\nand used for renting or leasing individual storage spaces, other than storage\nspaces that are leased or rented as an incident to the lease or rental of\nresidential property or dwelling units, to which the occupants thereof have\naccess for storing or removing their personal property. No occupant shall use a\nself-service storage facility for residential purposes.\n\t\t“Verified mail” means any method of mailing that is offered by the\nUnited States Postal Service or private delivery service that provides evidence\nof mailing.\n\nHISTORY: 1981, c. 627, \u00a7 55-417; 2009, c. 664; 2015, c. 208; 2019, c. 712;\n2024, c. 673.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}