Section 48-11-2 - Definitions. - New Mexico Statutes

48-11-2. Definitions.

As used in the Self-Service Storage Lien Act [48-11-1 to 48-11-9 NMSA 1978]:   

A.     "default" means the failure to perform in a timely manner any obligation or duty set forth in the Self-Service Storage Lien Act or in the rental agreement;   

B.     "occupant" means a person or his sublessee, successor or assign who is entitled to the use of storage space, to the exclusion of others, at a self-service storage facility under a rental agreement;   

C.     "owner" means the owner or his heirs, successors or assigns, the operator, the lessor or the sublessor of a self-service storage facility, his agent or any other person authorized by him to manage the facility or to receive rent from an occupant under a rental agreement;   

D.     "rental agreement" means any written agreement or lease between the owner and the occupant which establishes or modifies the terms, conditions, rules or any other provisions concerning the use and occupancy of a self-service storage facility; and   

E.     "self-service storage facility" means any real property designed and used for the purpose of renting or leasing individual storage space to occupants who are to have access to such facility for the purpose of storing and removing personal property.