Sec. 1. 10 MRSA §1372, sub-§9 is enacted to read:

9.__Third party.__"Third party" means a person other than the occupant or operator.

Sec. 2. 10 MRSA §1374, sub-§1-A is enacted to read:

1-A.__Property of 3rd party.__Notwithstanding subsection 1, the operator of a self-service storage facility does not have a lien on personal property stored within the leased space if it can be proven that prior to and during the time the personal property was placed in the leased space, the personal property was the property of a 3rd party.__Proof of ownership by a 3rd party must be provided to the operator prior to the placement of the property in storage.

If property has been identified as belonging to a 3rd party, the occupant must provide to the operator the name and address of the 3rd party.

Sec. 3. 10 MRSA §1374, sub-§2, ¶B, as enacted by PL 1989, c. 62, is amended to read:

B. That property stored in the leased space not identified as the property of a 3rd party pursuant to subsection 1-A may be sold to satisfy the lien if the occupant is in default; and

Sec. 4. 10 MRSA §1375, sub-§1, as enacted by PL 1989, c. 62, is amended to read:

1. Sale; use of proceeds. If the occupant is in default for a period of more than 45 days, the operator may enforce a lien by selling the property stored in the leased space at a public or private sale for cash. Proceeds shall must then be applied to satisfy the lien, with any surplus disbursed as provided in subsection 5. If property that has been identified by the occupant as personal property of a 3rd party pursuant to section 1374, subsection 1-A is not claimed by the 3rd party within 14 days of the notice provided pursuant to subsection 2, paragraph A-1, the property may be treated as if it were the property of the occupant, therefore subject to the provisions of this Act.

Sec. 5. 10 MRSA §1375, sub-§2, ¶A, as enacted by PL 1989, c. 62, is amended to read:

A. Send a notice of default by regular mail and by