Sec.42-160-1. Definitions

As used in Sections 42-160-1 through 42-160-6, inclusive, the following words and phrases shall have the following meanings:

"Commissioner" means the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles;

"Default" means failure to perform any obligation or duty imposed by a rental agreement or by chapter 743 of the Connecticut General Statutes;

"Department" means the Department of Motor Vehicles;

"Lienholder" means a person holding a security interest in a motor vehicle that has been recorded in the title records of the department;

"Motor vehicle owner" means the person or persons named on a motor vehicle certificate of title and any registration documents;

"Occupant" means a person, or the sublessee, successor, or assignee of a person, entitled to the use of a storage unit at a self-service storage facility under a rental agreement, to the exclusion of others;

"Owner" means the owner, operator, lessor or sublessor of a self-service storage facility, such owner's agent, or any other person authorized by such owner to manage the self-service facility or to receive rent from an occupant under a rental agreement;

"Rental agreement" means any written agreement or lease that establishes or modifies the terms, conditions, rules or any other provisions concerning the use and occupancy of a unit in a self-service storage facility;

"Self-service storage facility" means any real property designed and used for the renting or leasing of individual self-contained units of storage space to occupants who are to have access to such units for storing and removing personal property only, and not for residential purposes;

"VIN" means the vehicle identification number of a motor vehicle.

(Adopted effective November 30, 2010)