Substitute House Bill 2240, Sec. 1 amends RCW 19.150.120 to change what must be included in written rental contracts for individual storage spaces and to modify notice, lien, electronic delivery, acceptance, access, and disposal procedures. Rental agreements must now include a statement requiring occupants to disclose any lienholders or secured parties, a statement that property may be subject to a lien and sold if rent or other charges remain unpaid for 14 consecutive days, and a statement that such actions are authorized by the chapter. A lien under this chapter will not attach unless the rental agreement requests and provides space for the occupant to give the name and address of another person to receive preliminary lien and subsequent notices; if an alternative address is provided, notices required under RCW 19.150.040 or .060 must be sent to both the occupant’s address and the alternative address. Failure to provide an alternative address does not affect the owner’s remedies under this chapter or other law. The amendment allows rental agreements to be delivered and executed electronically and requires owners to send the rental agreement by both email and first-class mail if the occupant provided an email address. If an occupant does not sign a delivered rental agreement, continued use of the storage space for at least 30 days from the date of the notice constitutes acceptance with the same effect as a signed agreement. A rental agreement may notify the occupant that the owner may dispose of personal property remaining more than five days after termination or nonrenewal. After the owner delivers written notice of termination or nonrenewal (by hand delivery, verified mail, or email), the occupant may not use the facility and must be given at least 25 days from delivery to remove all personal property; prior to removal the owner may impose reasonable restrictions on use, including denying access except during the owner’s office hours, and may dispose of any property remaining after the date provided in the notice. The text uses terms such as “occupant,” “owner,” “verified mail,” and “owner’s office hours” but this excerpt does not supply statutory definitions for them, and the bill references RCW 19.150.040 and .060 without including those sections here. The excerpt appears to be a single amended section and does not include any other sections, effective dates, or additional provisions, so those items are uncertain from the provided text.

If enacted, owners of self-service storage facilities will have to change their rental contracts and practices: contracts must ask tenants to disclose any lienholders, warn that property can be liened and sold if charges are unpaid for 14 consecutive days, and provide space for an alternative contact; notices must be sent to both the tenant and that alternative if given. Owners will also need to send the rental agreement by both email and first-class mail if the tenant gave an email, can treat continued use for 30 days as acceptance if the agreement isn’t signed, may restrict access after giving written notice of termination, must give at least 25 days to remove belongings after that notice, and may dispose of property left after the removal deadline. This mainly affects storage owners (new paperwork, sending duplicate notices, and modest administrative costs) and occupants (greater risk their property can be liened or disposed of sooner if they don’t pay, don’t provide alternative contact information, or don’t remove items after notice). Lienholders’ rights are also affected because a lien won’t attach unless the rental agreement asks for and provides space to record another person’s contact; how this and the different timeframes in the bill (a five‑day disposal reference versus the 25‑day removal period) work together is not fully clear from the excerpt.