{"data":{"id":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-38-14-2","jurisdiction":"us-wv","citation":"W. Va. Code § 38-14-2","heading":"Definitions.","body":"As used in this article, unless the context clearly requires otherwise:\n(1) \"Default\" means the failure by the occupant to perform on time any obligation or duty set forth in the rental agreement or this article;\n(2) \"Last known address\" means that address or electronic mail address provided by the occupant in the rental agreement or the address or electronic mail address provided by the occupant in a subsequent written notice of a change of address;\n(3) \"Leased space\" means the individual storage space at the self-service storage facility which is rented to an occupant pursuant to a rental agreement;\n(4) \"Occupant\" means a person, a sublessee, successor, or assign, entitled to the use of a leased space at a self-service storage facility under a rental agreement;\n(5) \"Operator\" means the owner, operator, lessor, or sublessor of a self-service storage facility, an agent, or any other person authorized to manage the facility. The operator is not a warehouseman, unless the operator issues a warehouse receipt, bill of lading, or other document of title for the personal property stored;\n(6) \"Personal property\" means movable property, not affixed to land. Personal property includes goods, wares, merchandise, motor vehicles, trailers, watercraft, and household items and furnishings;\n(7) \"Rental agreement\" means any written agreement that establishes or modifies the terms, conditions, or rules concerning the use and occupancy of leased space at a self-service storage facility;\n(8) \"Self-service storage facility\" means any real property used for renting or leasing individual storage spaces in which the occupants themselves customarily store and remove their own personal property on a \"self-service\" basis; and\n(9) \"Verified mail\" means any method of mailing that is offered by the United States Postal Service or private delivery service that provides evidence of mailing.","path":["CHAPTER 38. LIENS.","ARTICLE 14. SELF-SERVICE STORAGE LIEN ACT."],"source_url":"https://code.wvlegislature.gov/38-14-2/","current_through":"as of 2026-08-03; contains at least the enactments of the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-06T00:29:19Z","sha256":"e2f8ee96606344c49a620c501d1cffffd27dfc171af73145981ade205124dcfa","source_id":"us-wv","stale":true,"prev":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-38-14-1","next":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-38-14-3"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}