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Senate Commerce advances bill to drop newspaper requirement for self‑storage sale notices
Summary
The Senate Commerce Committee voted to send Senate Bill 11 26 to the Senate floor with a do‑pass recommendation after testimony from newspaper and storage‑industry representatives about whether removing newspaper publication would reduce notice to lessees and bidders.
The Senate Commerce Committee on an up‑or‑down voice vote advanced Senate Bill 11 26, a measure that would remove the statutory requirement to publish notices of lien sales for self‑storage units in newspapers and rely instead on other methods such as certified mail and contract‑specified notification.
State Senator Jim Woodward, a Republican from Legislative District 1, introduced the bill, saying it would modernize notice requirements for storage unit lien sales and that the central change is the removal of the newspaper‑publication requirement while keeping mail notice and contract‑specified notice in place. "We're really just removing the requirement to notify in the newspaper," Woodward said.
The bill drew opposing testimony from Travis Quast, regional publisher for APG East Idaho,…
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