Self-service storage facilities: lien notices: email.

Assembly Member Michelle Rodriguez's proposal to modify California's Self-Storage Facility Act revises how storage facility owners can verify the delivery of lien notices sent by email. The measure updates existing requirements for electronic notification when storage unit occupants fall behind on payments.

The bill maintains current provisions requiring rental agreements to include explicit authorization for email notifications and written tenant consent, while expanding the methods owners can use to confirm receipt of lien notices. Under the proposed changes, owners could demonstrate successful delivery through electronic signatures, evidence that occupants downloaded or viewed the notice, secure website access logs showing tenant interaction with the document, or reply emails from the occupant's address confirming receipt. When electronic delivery cannot be verified through these methods, owners must send notices via traditional mail to the occupant's last known address.

The measure retains key tenant protections, including the requirement that rental agreements provide space for alternative contact information where notices must also be sent. These modifications to the verification process apply only to the delivery of lien notices, which inform occupants that their stored property may be sold if rent remains unpaid for 14 consecutive days.