15 Jan
2013
15 Jan
'13
2:22 p.m.
The laws vary by state as pointed out and then also they can vary depending
on the contract you sign. Many storage facilities have contractual
agreements stating that if you fail to pay you'll have x time to retrieve
your property (or forfeit your property) and it will become the property of
the storage facility and they then sell it as they see fit.
In this scenario it wasn't a storage unit though, this was technically an
office space as far as I know. Hence the size (10,000 square feet or so).
That's my previous knowledge though and I'm not a legal person nor up to
date on whether it was the same warehouse I had the honor if standing in
years back. It was amazing to see though. I can't imagine having to move
10,000sf of equipment in a timely or safe manner, nor having the funds to
find a place to store that much equipment.. not like storage units come in
that size ;-)
On Tue, Jan 15, 2013 at 2:57 PM, Geoffrey Oltmans <oltmansg at gmail.com>wrote:
I'm confused by this case. I was under the
assumption that anyone that
doesn't pay their bills to a storage locker place faces forfeiture of the
property that is stored there. At least that's how I remember the rental
contract agreement I signed on the storage locker we rented when we
relocated houses.
It seems to also track with what seems to happen on "Storage Wars." I read
the stuff, but I'm confused about how the rental company acted improperly,
but it seems painfully clear that OP was several months behind on rent.
Cliffs?