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Senate Bill 5844 - Individual Storage Space Rental Agreements (Washington, 2026 Regular Session)

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Senate Bill 5844 (S-3436.1), State of Washington, 69th Legislature, 2026 Regular Session, prefiled 12/08/25 and read first time 01/12/26, then referred to the Committee on Business, Trade & Economic Development. The sponsors listed begin with Senators Lovick, Schoesler, Dozier and Fortunato. The act relates to individual storage space rental agreements and use of the spaces after notice of termination or nonrenewal, and amends RCW 19.150.120. The text provides that a rental agreement may be delivered and executed electronically, and that a notice of termination or nonrenewal must give the occupant not less than 15 days to remove all personal property.

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     S-3436.1

                               SENATE BILL 5844


     State of Washington       69th Legislature       2026 Regular Session

     By Senators Lovick, Schoesler, Dozier, Fortunato, C. Wilson, and J.
     Wilson

     Prefiled 12/08/25. Read first time 01/12/26.    Referred to Committee
     on Business, Trade & Economic Development.




1        AN ACT Relating to the delivery, execution, acceptance, and
2    provisions of individual storage space rental agreements and
3    modifying the use of individual storage spaces after notice of
4    termination or nonrenewal of rental agreements; and amending RCW
5    19.150.120.


 6   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:


 7       Sec. 1. RCW 19.150.120 and 1988 c 240 s 13 are each amended to
 8   read as follows:
 9       (1) Each contract for the rental or lease of individual storage
10   space in a self-service storage facility shall be in writing and
11   shall contain, in addition to the provisions otherwise required or
12   permitted by law to be included, a statement requiring the occupant
13   to disclose any lienholders or secured parties who have an interest
14   in the property that is or will be stored in the self-service storage
15   facility, a statement that the occupant's property will be subject to
16   a claim of lien and may even be sold to satisfy the lien if the rent
17   or other charges due remain unpaid for ((fourteen)) 14 consecutive
18   days, and that such actions are authorized by this chapter.
19       (2) The lien authorized by this chapter shall not attach, unless
20   the rental agreement requests, and provides space for, the occupant
21   to give the name and address of another person to whom the
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 1   preliminary lien notice and subsequent notices required to be given
 2   under this chapter may be sent. Notices sent pursuant to RCW
 3   19.150.040 or 19.150.060 shall be sent to the occupant's address and
 4   the alternative address, if both addresses are provided by the
 5   occupant. Failure of an occupant to provide an alternative address
 6   shall not affect an owner's remedies under this chapter or under any
 7   other provision of law.
 8       (3)   A  rental   agreement   may  be   delivered  and   executed
 9   electronically.
10       (4) If the occupant does not sign a rental agreement that the
11   owner has delivered to the occupant by hand delivery, first-class
12   mail, or email, the occupant's continued use of the storage space for
13   not less than 30 days from the date of the notice constitutes an
14   acceptance of the rental agreement with the same effect as if it had
15   been signed by the occupant.
16       (5)(a) The rental agreement may contain a provision notifying the
17   occupant of the owner's right to dispose of personal property
18   remaining at the self-service storage facility more than five days
19   after the termination or nonrenewal of the rental agreement.
20       (b) An occupant may not use a self-service storage facility after
21   the owner has delivered a written notice by hand delivery, verified
22   mail, or email of the termination or nonrenewal of the occupant's
23   rental agreement. Such a notice must provide the occupant with not
24   less than 15 days after delivery of the notice to remove all personal
25   property from the self-service storage facility.
26       (c) Prior to the occupant's removal of all personal property, the
27   owner may place reasonable restrictions on the occupant's use of the
28   self-service storage facility, including denying access to the self-
29   service storage facility except for the occupant to remove personal
30   property during the owner's office hours. The owner may dispose of
31   any personal property remaining at the self-service storage facility
32   after the date provided in the written notice pursuant to (b) of this
33   subsection.

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