Florida Senate - 2018                                     SB 898
       
       
        
       By Senator Perry
       
       
       
       
       
       8-01144-18                                             2018898__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to self-service storage facilities;
    3         amending s. 83.806, F.S.; providing that advertisement
    4         of a sale or disposition of property may be published
    5         on certain websites; deleting a required alternative
    6         form of advertisement; providing an effective date.
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    8  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   10         Section 1. Subsection (4) of section 83.806, Florida
   11  Statutes, is amended to read:
   12         83.806 Enforcement of lien.—An owner’s lien as provided in
   13  s. 83.805 may be satisfied as follows:
   14         (4) After the expiration of the time given in the notice,
   15  an advertisement of the sale or other disposition shall be
   16  published once a week for 2 consecutive weeks in a newspaper of
   17  general circulation in the area where the self-service storage
   18  facility or self-contained storage unit is located or published
   19  continuously for 2 consecutive weeks on a public website that
   20  customarily conducts personal property auctions.
   21         (a) A lien sale may be conducted on a public website that
   22  customarily conducts personal property auctions. The facility or
   23  unit owner is not required to hold a license to post property
   24  for online sale. Inasmuch as any sale may involve property of
   25  more than one tenant, a single advertisement may be used to
   26  dispose of property at any one sale.
   27         (b) The advertisement shall include:
   28         1. A brief and general description of what is believed to
   29  constitute the personal property contained in the storage unit,
   30  as provided in paragraph (2)(b).
   31         2. The address of the self-service storage facility or the
   32  address where the self-contained storage unit is located and the
   33  name of the tenant.
   34         3. The time, place, and manner of the sale or other
   35  disposition. The sale or other disposition shall take place at
   36  least 15 days after the first publication.
   37         (c) If there is no newspaper of general circulation in the
   38  area where the self-service storage facility or self-contained
   39  storage unit is located, the advertisement shall be posted at
   40  least 10 days before the date of the sale or other disposition
   41  in at least three conspicuous places in the neighborhood where
   42  the self-service storage facility or self-contained storage unit
   43  is located.
   44         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2018.