Virginia legislation · 2026 Regular Session
Virginia SB660: An Act to amend and reenact § 55.1-2900 of the Code of Virginia and to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 55.1-2903.1, relating to Virginia Self-Service Storage Act; disposal of abandoned personal property in certain cases; definitions.
Status: Chaptered, April 13, 2026
Virginia Self-Service Storage Act; disposal of abandoned personal property in certain cases; definitions. Creates a process by which the owner of a self-service storage facility may dispose of the personal property of an occupant of a leased storage space when such personal property has been left in such leased storage space or on the property of the self-service storage facility following the termination or nonrenewal of a rental agreement, provided that such noncompliance did not involve a failure to meet any financial or monetary obligation. The bill also clarifies that an occupant's last known address may be updated pursuant to a specific method as may be required by the terms of the rental agreement.
What the bill says
An Act to amend and reenact § 55.1-2900 of the Code of Virginia and to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 55.1-2903.1, relating to Virginia Self-Service Storage Act; disposal of abandoned personal property in certain cases; definitions. [S 660] Approved April 13, 2026 1. That § 55.1-2900 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted and that the Code of Virginia is amended by adding a section numbered 55.1-2903.1 as follows: § 55.1-2900. Definitions. As used in this chapter, unless the context requires a different meaning: "Default" means the failure to perform on time.
From the enrolled text, April 13, 2026:
An Act to amend and reenact § 55.1-2900 of the Code of Virginia and to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 55.1-2903.1, relating to Virginia Self-Service Storage Act; disposal of abandoned personal property in certain cases; definitions. [S 660] Approved April 13, 2026 1. That § 55.1-2900 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted and that the Code of Virginia is amended by adding a section numbered 55.1-2903.1 as follows: § 55.1-2900. Definitions. As used in this chapter, unless the context requires a different meaning: "Default" means the failure to perform on time any obligation or duty set forth in the rental agreement or this chapter. "Last known address" means that address or electronic mail address provided by the occupant in the rental agreement or, by any method as may be required by the terms of the rental agreement, the address or electronic mail address provided by the occupant in a subsequent written notice of a change of address. "Leased space" means the individual storage space at the self-service facility that is leased or rented to an occupant pursuant to a rental agreement. "Occupant" means a person, his sublessee, successor, or assign, entitled to the use of a leased space at a self-service storage facility under a rental agreement. "Owner" means the owner, operator, …