A. The duty of care an owner must exercise with respect to personal property located in a self-service storage facility is ordinary care only.
B. Each owner of a self-service storage facility shall provide a disclosure in the rental agreement, in conspicuous terms and in a conspicuous manner, that the occupant has a duty to safeguard the personal property located in a self-service storage facility from losses and that the owner has no legal obligation to provide insurance to protect the personal property from loss.
C. No owner of a self-service storage facility shall be liable for loss sustained by an occupant as a result of theft committed by a third party provided that ordinary care was exercised.
D. If the rental agreement contains a limit on the value of property stored in an occupant's space, such limit shall be deemed to be the maximum value of the stored property and the maximum liability of the owner for any claim for loss of or damage to stored property.
Added by Laws 1998, c. 306, § 4, eff. Nov. 1, 1998. Amended by Laws 2018, c. 160, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 2018.
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