North Dakota Century Code Title 35. Liens § 35-33-01. Definitions

1. “Default” means failure of the occupant to perform any obligation or duty at the time and in the manner set forth in the rental agreement or under this chapter.

2. “Last-known address” means the postal or electronic mail address provided by the occupant in the latest rental agreement or the postal or electronic mail address provided by the occupant in a subsequent written notice of a change of address.

3. “Occupant” means the person who rents storage space at a self-service storage facility under a rental agreement, or a sublessee, successor, or assignee.

4. “Owner” means any person who owns, leases, subleases, manages, or operates a self-service storage facility, or the owner's designee, who receives rent from an occupant under a rental agreement.

5. “Personal property” means movable property not affixed to land, including merchandise and household goods.

6. “Rental agreement” means a written agreement between the owner and the occupant which establishes or modifies the terms and conditions of the occupant's use of storage space at a self-service storage facility.

7. “Self-service storage facility” means any real property used for renting or leasing individual storage spaces in which occupants customarily store and remove their personal property. The term does not include a garage used principally for parking motor vehicles; any property of a financial institution which contains vaults, safe deposit boxes, or other receptacles for the purposes and benefits of the financial institution's customers; or a warehouse or a public warehouse where warehouse receipts, bills of lading, or other documents of title are issued for the personal property stored.

8. “Storage space” means an individual space at a self-service storage facility which is rented or leased by an occupant under a rental agreement.

9. “Verified mail” means any method of mailing offered by the United States postal service or a private delivery service which includes evidence of mailing.