{"data":{"id":"us-me/24-a-m.r.s.-7601","jurisdiction":"us-me","citation":"24-A M.R.S. §7601","heading":"Definitions","body":"As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise indicates, the following terms have the following meanings.\n1.  Customer.  \"Customer\" means a person who rents or leases a storage space within a self-storage facility under a rental agreement with a self-storage provider. \"Customer\" includes the sublessee, assignee or successor in interest of the person originally a party to a rental agreement with a self-storage provider.\n2.  Covered customer.  \"Covered customer\" means a customer who elects to receive coverage under a self-storage insurance policy.\n3.  Limited lines license.  \"Limited lines license\" means a license to sell or offer a policy for self-storage insurance.\n4.  Location.  \"Location\" means any physical location of a self-storage facility in the State or any publicly accessible website, call center or similar operation directed to residents of the State.\n5.  Rental agreement.  \"Rental agreement\" means a written agreement between a customer and self-storage provider that establishes or modifies the terms, conditions or other provisions governing a customer's occupancy and use of a storage space within a self-storage facility owned or operated by the self-storage provider.\n6.  Self-storage facility.  \"Self-storage facility\" means any real property or facility in which individual storage spaces rented or leased by a self-storage provider to a customer are located and within which a customer is generally responsible for placing and removing property the customer stores within a rented or leased storage space.\n7.  Self-storage insurance.  \"Self-storage insurance\" means personal property insurance authorized under section 705 providing coverage for the repair or replacement of personal property of a covered customer stored at a self-storage facility or in transit to or from a self-storage facility against various causes of loss, including loss or damage. \"Self-storage insurance\" does not include a homeowner's or renter's insurance, private passenger automobile insurance, commercial multiple peril insurance or any similar policy.\n8.  Self-storage provider.  \"Self-storage provider\" means a person or business entity, as defined in section 1151‑A, subsection 4, that is the owner, operator, lessor or sublessor of a self-storage facility.\n9.  Supervising entity.  \"Supervising entity\" means a business entity that is a licensed insurance producer or insurer.","path":["TITLE 24-A: MAINE INSURANCE CODE","CHAPTER 99: LIMITED LINES SELF-STORAGE INSURANCE"],"source_url":"https://legislature.maine.gov/statutes/24-A/title24-Asec7601.html","current_through":"October 1, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-04T15:12:33Z","sha256":"282f41f9af7ec6466e4189b5b578e7243e7e1765b02b70717a506e0dbf6bc2b2","source_id":"us-me","stale":false,"prev":"us-me/24-a-m.r.s.-7503--2","next":"us-me/24-a-m.r.s.-7602"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}