A 2280 New York Assembly · 2025 Regular Session

Relates to adding certain notice requirements for enforcing liens on goods in self-storage facilities

This bill requires self-storage facilities to add specific notices to rental agreements about payment, contact preferences, and lien enforcement. It mandates that facilities must attempt to contact tenants by phone using numbers provided in the agreement before sending lien notices, and document these attempts. Tenants who don’t provide active contact information waive the right to phone notifications. Facilities can only use email for lien notices if tenants explicitly consented and provided email addresses in two places within the agreement. These changes apply to new rental agreements entered into 180 days after the bill becomes law.

Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2025

Committee Review

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Governor

Introduced Jan 16, 2025 Last action Jan 7, 2026

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MODERATE

This bill amends New York's lien law regarding self-storage facilities to strengthen tenant protections by requiring owners to use active telephone numbers for contact attempts and documenting those attempts. It also clarifies that text messages to the active phone number satisfy notice requirements and extends the bill's effective date to allow time for facility operators to update their agreements.

Scope change

The bill applies to all self-storage facilities in New York and expands enforcement requirements for lien notices.

REQUIREMENT

Changed contact requirement from 'should the occupant choose to be contacted via telephone' to 'active telephone number of the occupant' to ensure owners use current contact information.

Added requirement that owners must document the date of telephone contact attempts in the occupant's file or notice.

Clarified that contacting the last known telephone number, including through text message, satisfies the telephone contact requirement.

Removed the requirement that owners must attempt telephone contact only if the occupant chose to be contacted via telephone, making it mandatory whenever an active number is provided.

TIMELINE

Changed the effective date from 'immediately' to 'one hundred eightieth day after it shall have become a law' to provide time for implementation.

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Committee

Amendments

Jan 7, 2026

Committee

REFERRED TO JUDICIARY

lower

Jun 2, 2025

Lower · Passed

PRINT NUMBER 2280A

lower

Jun 2, 2025

Lower · Passed

AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO JUDICIARY

lower

Jan 16, 2025

Committee

REFERRED TO JUDICIARY

lower

1 primary · 0 co-sponsors