{"data":{"id":"us-vt/9-v.s.a.-3901","jurisdiction":"us-vt","citation":"9 V.S.A. § 3901","heading":"Definitions","body":"As used in this chapter:\n(1) “Default” means the violation or failure to perform a duty or obligation created in this chapter or in a rental agreement.\n(2) “Electronic mail” means the transmission of information through computer or other electronic means or a communication sent to a person identified by a unique electronic address.\n(3) “Last known address” means the mailing address, and the email address if applicable, provided by the occupant in a rental agreement or in a subsequent written notice of a change of address.\n(4)(A) “Late fee” means a fee or charge assessed for an occupant’s failure to pay rent or other fees, charges, or expenses when due.\n(B) “Late fee” does not include:\n(i) interest on a debt;\n(ii) reasonable expenses, fees, or charges incurred in the collection of unpaid rent or expenses; or\n(iii) fees or charges associated with the enforcement of any other remedy provided by law or a rental agreement.\n(5) “Occupant” means a person, successor, assignee, agent, or representative entitled to use storage space under a rental agreement to the exclusion of others.\n(6) “Owner” means the owner, operator, lessor, or sublessor of a self- storage facility, an agent, or any other person authorized by the owner to manage the facility or to receive rent from an occupant under a rental agreement.\n(7) “Personal information” means written information about a person that is not publicly available and that readily identifies that person or is closely associated with that person, including a Social Security number, credit or debit card information, a bank account number, medical information, or passport information.\n(8) “Personal property” means movable property not affixed to land, and includes goods, merchandise, and household items.\n(9) “Rental agreement” means a written agreement that establishes or modifies the terms, conditions, rules, or any other provision concerning the use and occupancy of storage space.\n(10)(A) “Self-storage facility” means real property designed and used for the purpose of renting or leasing individual storage space to an occupant.\n(B) A self-storage facility is not a “warehouse” as defined in 9A V.S.A. § 7-102.\n(11) “Storage space” means the individual space at a self-storage facility that is rented to an occupant under a rental agreement.","path":["Title 9: Commerce and Trade","Chapter 098: Storage Units"],"source_url":"https://legislature.vermont.gov/statutes/section/09/098/03901","current_through":"2025 session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T14:35:51Z","sha256":"44d3a3bd40c0eee6e3bd935998d108b2b5921c88cc4250350477c0a83090cbe1","source_id":"us-vt","stale":false,"prev":"us-vt/9-v.s.a.-3890","next":"us-vt/9-v.s.a.-3902"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}