Bill Text: MI HB6378 | 2025-2026 | 103rd Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Commercial code: other; references to uniform commercial code in self-service storage facility act; revise. Amends sec. 3 of 1985 PA 148 (MCL 570.523). TIE BAR WITH: HB 6347'26
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 2)
Status: (Introduced) 2026-09-29 - Bill Electronically Reproduced 09/24/2026 [HB6378 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2025-HB6378-Introduced.html
HOUSE BILL NO. 6378
A bill to amend 1985 PA 148, entitled
"Self-service storage facility act,"
by amending section 3 (MCL 570.523), as amended by 2014 PA 61.
the people of the state of michigan enact:
Sec. 3. (1) The owner of a self-service storage facility or a self-contained storage unit and the heirs, personal representatives, successors, and assignees of the owner have a lien upon on all personal property, whether or not owned by the tenant, located at the self-service storage facility or self-contained storage unit for rent or other lawful charges incurred relative to the storage of the personal property, including expenses necessary for its preservation, or reasonably incurred in its sale pursuant to under this act. The lien attaches on the date the personal property arrives at the self-service storage facility or self-contained storage unit or the date a rental agreement for the storage space is signed by the tenant, whichever is earlier.
(2) The priority of a lien under this act is as provided in section 5(14).
(3) If a tenant defaults on a rental agreement, the owner shall give notice to all holders of a perfected security interest under the uniform commercial code, 1962 PA 174, MCL 440.1101 to 440.11102, 440.12501, in which the tenant is named as a debtor.
(4) At the commencement of a rental agreement for storage space at a self-service storage facility or in a self-contained storage unit, the owner shall provide the tenant with the following written notice:
"NOTICE: If you fail to make your required payments, you will have to vacate the unit or your property may later be sold at a public sale. Before the sale, you will be notified by first-class mail or by electronic mail email of the amount due. The notice will be mailed to your last known address. In order to preserve your right to be notified, it is important that you notify us in writing of any change in your mailing address. Also, you should supply us with the name and address of another person who can reach you if you are not at your mailing address, and we will notify that person at the same time and in the same manner as we notify you.".
(5) A rental agreement under this section may provide for a limit on the value of the property stored at the self-service storage facility or self-contained storage unit. The stated limit shall be considered is the maximum value of the stored property for all purposes.
(6) A rental agreement under this section may provide for a reasonable late charge for failure of the tenant to timely make payments for the storage space when due. A monthly late fee of $20.00 or 20% of the monthly rental amount, whichever is greater, shall be considered is reasonable and is not a penalty. The owner of the self-service storage facility or self-contained storage unit has the burden of justifying the reasonableness of any higher late fee.
Enacting section 1. This amendatory act does not take effect unless House Bill No. 6347 (request no. H02809'25) of the 103rd Legislature is enacted into law.
