This is a reference table, not legal advice. It sets out what four states’ self-storage lien statutes say about four points: how notice can be given, how long the statute makes you wait, where a sale has to be advertised, and whether a sale can be held online. It is edited by Christopher Ross, who runs Facility Dispatch.

Self-storage lien law is state law, and the states differ on these points. Florida accepts email notice, with a mailed fallback if the email gets no response, while New York accepts email only together with verified mail and only where the occupancy agreement consents. California changed how emailed lien notices must be proved with AB 498, effective January 1, 2026.

How to read it

The waiting-periods column lists each clock as the statute words it, and in New York’s case also notes a window that belongs to the occupant. The clocks start from different events (mailing, delivery, default, first advertisement) and are not added up here, so do not read any one cell as the earliest sale date. “Not addressed” means the provision cited in that row says nothing on the point, which is not the same as the practice being prohibited.

Every row carries a date in the “As of” column, and the two kinds of date mean different things. For Florida and Oregon it is the day we read the legislature’s own site: the 2026 Florida Statutes and the 2025 Edition of the Oregon Revised Statutes. We did not check for session law enacted after those editions were compiled. For California and New York it is the date the reader copy stated it was last verified. We read those two through california.public.law and newyork.public.law, copies of the official code, because the legislatures’ own pages would not load for us. The links go to the official statutes, which were not the copies we read. Check the linked section, or ask your counsel, before relying on a row, and treat a row older than six months as unverified.

What this table does not cover

These are left out of the table:

The step before notice of sale, including California’s preliminary lien notice, and what makes a lien attach or when a default clock starts.
Federal and state rules for tenants in military service.
Motor vehicles, trailers and watercraft, which Oregon’s ORS 87.691 treats separately and other statutes may as well.
Redemption (paying to get the goods back before a sale) and what happens to proceeds above the lien.
Whether the rules differ for residential and commercial or business occupants.

States we are holding back

Texas and Nevada are not in the table. The reader copies we could reach, texas.public.law and nevada.public.law, were last verified by their publisher on May 26, 2025, and both states had bills in 2025 that touch lien-sale notice and advertising. Nevada’s AB 137 revises the requirements for advertising a lien sale, according to its caption; Inside Self-Storage reported that the governor signed it on June 5, 2025, effective October 1, 2025. In Texas, HB 1093 and its companion SB 2437 were proposed in 2025 to change the notice and sale rules in Property Code section 59.042, and we have not confirmed whether either was enacted. We have not read the enacted text of any of these, so we are not printing a row for either state.

The other 44 states are not yet covered. We add a state when we have read its statute and can say where and when.

California’s January 2026 changes

Two new California laws tighten self-storage lien notices and pricing disclosure covers AB 498 on emailed lien notices and SB 709 on rental-agreement pricing disclosure, both effective January 1, 2026.

Corrections

If a row is wrong or out of date, tell us and we will correct it and log the correction.

Notice, waiting periods, advertising and online sale in four states' self-storage lien statutes
State	Statute	How notice can be given	Waiting periods	Advertising the sale	Online sale	Source	As of
California	Bus. & Prof. Code §§ 21705, 21707, 21712(c)	Notice of lien sale by certified mail, or by first-class mail with a certificate of mailing, to the last known address and the alternative address; or by email under § 21712(c). New proof rules for emailed notices took effect January 1, 2026 (AB 498). This row starts at the notice of lien sale; the preliminary lien notice that comes first (§ 21703) is not summarized here.	The sale date must be at least 14 days after the notice of lien sale is mailed (§ 21705(b)(1)(C)).	Once a week for two consecutive weeks in a newspaper; or once in a newspaper and once on a public auction website, with the online ad up for seven days before the sale. If there is no newspaper, posted at least 10 days before the sale in at least six conspicuous places (§ 21707(a)).	Yes. A sale on a publicly accessible website that customarily conducts online auctions counts as commercially reasonable (§ 21707(b)(2)).	California Business and Professions Code, Division 8, Chapter 10 (§§ 21700 to 21716)	2026-10-12
Florida	Fla. Stat. § 83.806 (2026)	In person, by email, or by first-class mail with a certificate of mailing, and also posted at the facility or on the unit. If an emailed notice of sale gets no response, return receipt or delivery confirmation, it must also go by first-class mail with a certificate of mailing (§ 83.806(1)).	Demand for payment not less than 14 days after delivery of the notice (§ 83.806(2)(c)). The sale must take place at least 15 days after the first publication (§ 83.806(4)(b)3.).	Once a week for two consecutive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in the area. If there is none, posted at least 10 days before the sale in at least three conspicuous places in the neighborhood (§ 83.806(4), (4)(c)).	Yes. A lien sale may be conducted on a public website that customarily conducts personal property auctions, and the owner needs no license to post it (§ 83.806(4)(a)).	Florida Statutes § 83.806, 2026	2026-10-13
New York	Lien Law § 182, subdivision 7	Personally delivered, or sent by registered or certified mail, or sent by verified mail and email. An emailed notice is effective only if the occupancy agreement consents to lien notices by email and gives the occupant's email address in at least two places (§ 182(7)(a)).	Demand for payment within a stated time not less than 30 days from mailing of the notice (§ 182(7)(a)). Separately, the notice must tell the occupant they may bring a proceeding within ten days of service if they dispute the lien (§ 182(7)(a)).	The notice must say the goods will be advertised for sale and sold. Subdivision 7 sets no newspaper or posting requirement and allows public or private sale on commercially reasonable terms.	Not addressed in subdivision 7, which allows public or private sale at any time or place on commercially reasonable terms.	New York Lien Law § 182	2026-10-10
Oregon	ORS 87.689, 87.691 (2025 Edition)	Registered, certified or other verified mail to the last known address, or email to the last known address (ORS 87.689(2)).	Demand for payment within a time not earlier than 30 days after the default (ORS 87.689(3)(d)). The sale may not take place earlier than 15 days after the first advertisement, publication or posting (ORS 87.691(3)).	After the notice period expires, if the owner determines from its previous experience that the property is worth more than $1,000: once a week for two consecutive weeks in a newspaper in the city or county, or posted in at least six conspicuous places if there is none. If the owner so determines it is worth $1,000 or less, it may dispose of the property at its own discretion (ORS 87.691(1), (2)).	Yes. The owner may offer the property on a publicly accessible website that regularly offers personal property for auction, but must complete the sale at the facility or the nearest suitable place (ORS 87.691(4)).	Oregon Revised Statutes chapter 87, 2025 Edition	2026-10-13