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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>85748</law_id><section_number>38.2-1881</section_number><catch_line>Definitions</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>38.2-1820</reference></referred_to_by><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="38.2">Insurance</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="18">Insurance Agents</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="8.1">Self Storage Insurance</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>As used in this article, unless the context requires a different meaning:
		&#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Covered customer</span>&#x201D; means a customer who elects coverage under a <span class="dictionary">self storage insurance</span> policy issued to a <span class="dictionary">lessor</span> of <span class="dictionary">self storage units</span>.
		&#x201C;Customer&#x201D; means a <span class="dictionary">person</span> who leases a <span class="dictionary">self storage unit</span>.
		&#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Lessor</span>&#x201D; means a <span class="dictionary">person</span> in the business of engaging in <span class="dictionary"><span class="dictionary">self storage unit</span> transactions</span> directly or indirectly.
		&#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Self storage insurance</span>&#x201D; means insurance providing coverage against loss of or damage to items of personal property stored in a <span class="dictionary">self storage unit</span> in accordance with the terms of the <span class="dictionary">self storage unit</span> rental agreement. <span class="dictionary">Self storage insurance</span> may cover the items of personal property against any one or more of the following causes of loss: fire, hurricane, tornado, wind, earthquake, vandalism, lightning, smoke, hail, building collapse, explosion, leaking water, and <span class="dictionary">burglary</span>. &#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Self storage insurance</span>&#x201D; does not include a homeowners, renter&#x2019;s, private passenger automobile, commercial multi-peril, or similar policy.
		&#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Self storage unit</span>&#x201D; means a unit in a building, part of a building, or place used only for storage of personal property by the customer leasing the unit.
		&#x201C;<span class="dictionary"><span class="dictionary">Self storage unit</span> transaction</span>&#x201D; means the lease of a <span class="dictionary">self storage unit</span> by a <span class="dictionary">lessor</span> to a customer.</p></section></text><history>2013, c. 203.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
