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Ohio committee hears bill to expand self-storage removal rights and raise owner liability threshold
Summary
At a first hearing, sponsors said House Bill 366 would allow self-storage owners to remove property when leases are terminated (not only for nonpayment) and replace a negligence exception with a willful-or-wanton-misconduct standard for overcoming contract damage caps.
Representatives introduced House Bill 366 in the House Transportation Committee’s Oct. 28 hearing, saying the bill clarifies two areas of law for self-service storage operators: how property may be removed when a lease ends and the circumstances under which a pre‑negotiated cap on damages cannot be enforced.
Sponsor testimony said the first change would let storage owners remove and dispose of property when they lawfully terminate or decline to…
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