Storage Unit Wrongfully Auctioned or Broken Into: Statutory Lien Notice Defects, Conversion Liability, and Bailee Insurance Claims¶

Arriving at your self-storage facility (Public Storage, Extra Space Storage, CubeSmart, U-Haul, or an independent operator) only to find a red company "Overlock" on your roll-up door and an auction scheduled on StorageTreasures.com in 48 hours, or worse, discovering that the facility already cut your lock and auctioned off $25,000 worth of family heirlooms, furniture, tools, and tax records for $350 over a missed $140 monthly autopay when your debit card expired, or that burglars cut your latch while the facility's security gate and cameras were broken, is a devastating property emergency. Storage facility managers routinely point to fine-print exculpatory clauses in the rental contract saying "Operator is not a bailee and has zero liability for loss, theft, or auction."

In reality, self-storage lien auctions are governed by strict State Self-Service Storage Facility Lien Acts across all 50 US states, Canadian provinces, the UK, and Australia. Courts hold that because a storage auction is an extrajudicial seizure and sale of private property without a court order, the storage operator must comply 100 percent with every single statutory deadline, Certified Mail / Verified Mail notice rule, itemized statement requirement, and advertisement rule. If the storage company mailed the Statutory Lien Notice to an old address after you updated your address in their portal, failed to wait the mandatory 14-to-60-day statutory cure period, sold your unit 1 day before the date printed on the notice, or auctioned your unit because their autopay system glitched, the auction is an illegal "Conversion" (Civil Theft) of your property. That makes the storage company liable for the full replacement/fair-market value of every item inside your unit (completely overriding the $2,000 वा $5,000 value cap in their rental contract), plus statutory treble damages and attorney's fees under state Unfair and Deceptive Acts and Practices (UDAP) laws. If a burglary or active theft of your storage unit has just been discovered, do not touch the cut lock or disturb the scene; call your local emergency number (911 संयुक्त राज्य अमेरिका र क्यानडा मा, 112 युरोपियन युनियन भर, 999 युनाइटेड किंगडम मा; हेर्नुहोस् आपतकालीन नम्बरहरू) so police can dust for prints, log serial numbers into the national NCIC stolen-property database, and demand the facility's CCTV footage before it auto-overwrites. For related property seizure and insurance emergencies, see small claims court, demand letters, and default judgments, freedom of information act (FOIA) and video preservation letter before 30-day auto-deletion, र pawn shop, title loan, and payday lender default triage।

अब यो गर्नुहोस्¶

1. If your unit has NOT been auctioned yet (Overlocked / Pending Lien Sale), exercise your absolute "Right of Redemption" immediately BEFORE the auction hammer falls. Under the Self-Storage Lien Act of every single state (for example, Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code § 21709, Tex. Prop. Code § 59.045, Fla. Stat. § 83.806(7), NY Lien Law § 182(7)), prior to the exact minute of the lien sale, you have an absolute, non-negotiable statutory right to pay the delinquent rent and reasonable lien fees to stop the auction and reclaim your property. If you are disputing an illegal late fee or autopay error, pay the demanded balance in cash, money order, or cashier's check "Under Protest" today to stop the auction first, and sue the facility in Small Claims Court next week to get the overcharge back.
2. If you are in California, Michigan, or a state with a "Declaration in Opposition to Lien Sale" form, mail the signed Opposition Form immediately to freeze the non-judicial auction. Under California Business & Professions Code §§ 21705-21710, every storage lien notice must include a blank Declaration in Opposition to Lien Sale. If you sign and return that Declaration to the storage operator before the deadline, the storage company is legally prohibited from auctioning your unit without filing a formal court lawsuit and serving you with a court summons.
3. If your unit was ALREADY auctioned (Wrongful Lien Sale), demand the buyer's contact info, pull the online auction listing (StorageTreasures / Lockerfox), and freeze the "Surplus Proceeds." Immediately screenshot the closed auction page on StorageTreasures.com, Lockerfox.com, वा iBid4Storage.com (which shows the exact high-resolution photos the facility took when they cut your lock, the exact timestamp the auction closed, and the winning bid price). Ask the manager to forward your phone number to the winning auction buyer immediately, professional storage buyers only care about reselling power tools, electronics, and jewelry, and will almost always return your family photo albums, military medals, ashes/urns, passports, and tax records for free or a small finder's fee if contacted within 24 to 48 hours before they throw paper boxes into a dumpster.
4. If your user was on Active Duty Military Service when the unit was auctioned, notify the facility that they committed a federal felony (50 U.S.C. § 3958). Under Section 307 of the federal Servicemembers Civil Relief Act (SCRA, 50 U.S.C. § 3958), it is strictly illegal (and a federal criminal misdemeanor punishable by up to 1 year in federal prison plus punitive civil damages) for any storage facility in the United States to foreclose a storage lien or auction the belongings of an active-duty servicemember (during military service and for 90 days thereafter) without first obtaining a judge's wet-ink Court Order.
5. If your unit was broken into (Burglary / Cut Lock / Rat or Water Damage), file BOTH a Homeowners/Renters Insurance "Off-Premises Personal Property" Claim AND a Tenant Storage Protection Plan Claim within 48 hours. Most tenants do not realize that their standard Homeowners (HO-3) or Renters (HO-4) Insurance Policy automatically covers personal property stored inside an off-premises self-storage unit (typically up to 10 percent of your policy's Coverage C personal property limit, or $3,000 to $15,000+), on top of the $2,000 to $5,000 Tenant Protection Plan (Bader / SafeLease / Deans & Homer / Ponderosa) sold at the storage counter.
6. Serve a formal Certified Mail Evidence Preservation & Statutory Audit Demand before security footage is overwritten (7 to 30 days). Storage facility DVR security cameras and electronic gate keypad logs (PTI Security / Nokē Smart Entry logs) automatically overwrite in 7 to 30 days. Serve the preservation notice below today to lock down the gate code logs, CCTV video, and Certified Mail tracking receipts.

Decision tree: emergency response to a storage unit auction threat, wrongful sale, or break-in¶

flowchart TD
    A["Storage Unit Crisis: Overlocked for Auction, Already Auctioned Without Notice, or Burglarized"] --> B{"Which emergency are you facing right now?"}
    B -->|"Crisis 1: Unit is OVERLOCKED and scheduled for Auction in the coming days"| C{"Can you pay the past-due rent & fees before the auction timestamp?"}
    C -->|"Yes (Even if you dispute the fees)"| D["Exercise Statutory Right of Redemption: Pay in full 'Under Protest' today -> Remove all belongings -> Sue for refund in Small Claims"]
    C -->|"No, or you live in CA/MI with a Statutory Opposition Form"| E["Sign & Mail 'Declaration in Opposition to Lien Sale' (CA B&P 21707) OR request Written Payment Plan + Remove Irreplaceable Personal Papers (`Personal Effects Statutory Right`)"]
    B -->|"Crisis 2: Unit was ALREADY AUCTIONED (Wrongful Sale / Autopay Glitch / No Notice)"| F["Step 1: Screenshot StorageTreasures/Lockerfox Auction Photos & Have Manager Contact Buyer within 24 hrs to rescue family photos/papers"]
    F --> G["Step 2: Audit the 6 Fatal Statutory Lien Defects (Active-Duty Military SCRA, Wrong Address, Short Cure Window, Defective Ad, Autopay Breach)"]
    G --> H["Step 3: Serve Certified Demand for Full Conversion Damages + Surplus Proceeds + Audit of Certified Mail & Auction Logs"]
    B -->|"Crisis 3: Unit was BROKEN INTO (Burglary, Inside Job, or Roof/Flood/Rodent Ruin)"| I["Step 1: Call Police to file Burglary Report (list serial numbers for NCIC / Pawn Shop database) before touching cut lock"]
    I --> J["Step 2: Serve 24-Hour Preservation Letter for Gate Keypad Access Logs & CCTV Footage"]
    J --> K["Step 3: File BOTH (1) Storage Facility Tenant Protection Insurance Claim AND (2) Homeowners/Renters 'Off-Premises Coverage C' Claim + Negligent Security Claim"]

The 6 fatal statutory defects that make a Storage Unit Auction illegal (Wrongful Conversion)¶

When a storage facility auctions your unit, demand copies of their Lien Enforcement File and check for these six fatal statutory violations:

1. Failure to wait the Mandatory Minimum Default Period before sending Notice: Every state sets a mandatory waiting period after rent is due before lien enforcement can begin (14 consecutive days in California under Bus. & Prof. Code § 21703; 5 to 14 days for overlocking and 14 to 30+ days before notice/sale across states).
2. Sending the Lien Notice to the Wrong Address (Ignoring Updated Address or Mandatory Email): Under state Self-Storage Facility Acts, the operator must send the Preliminary Lien Notice and Notice of Lien Sale by Verified Mail / Certified Mail (and in modernized statutes, by both Verified Mail and Email) to the tenant's last known address and any Alternate Contact Person listed on the lease. If you updated your address in your online account portal (Public Storage / Extra Space), yet the facility mailed the Certified Lien Notice to your old street address or skipped your Alternate Contact (Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code §§ 21703, 21705), the statutory lien privilege is void.
3. Missing Mandatory Statutory Contents inside the Lien Notice (The 14-Day Cure Window): The Notice of Lien Sale must contain: (a) an itemized statement of the operator's claim showing the exact sums due and dates; (b) a demand for payment within a specified statutory time not less than 14 days after delivery; © a conspicuous statement of the exact time and place (or online auction URL) of the sale; and (d) in California (Bus. & Prof. Code § 21705(c)), a blank Declaration in Opposition to Lien Sale form.
4. Selling the Unit BEFORE the Date/Time Stated in the Notice or Defective Public Advertisement: In most states (Fla. Stat. § 83.806(4), Tex. Prop. Code § 59.044, Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code § 21707, NY Lien Law § 182(7)), after the 14-day cure window expires, the storage company must publish an advertisement of the sale and wait an additional 7 to 15 days before holding the auction. Check the exact timestamps on StorageTreasures.com: selling a unit even 1 hour before the noticed deadline is an automatic Conversion.
5. The "Failed Autopay / Expired Credit Card" Breach: If you enrolled in Automatic Monthly Billing (Autopay) with sufficient funds and the facility's payment processor glitched without notifying you at your current address, you were never legally in default.
6. Withholding the "Surplus Auction Proceeds": If your unit was auctioned for $2,800 and you only owed $450 in back rent and fees, the storage company cannot keep the extra $2,350. Under every state's Self-Storage Lien Act (Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code § 21709, Tex. Prop. Code § 59.046, Fla. Stat. § 83.806(8), NY Lien Law § 182(7)), the facility must hold the remaining $2,350 ("Surplus Proceeds") in trust for you and return it upon demand. (Consult an attorney before cashing a surplus check if you plan to sue for $25,000 in wrongful conversion damages so the operator cannot argue ratification).

State-by-state comparison: Self-Storage Lien Notice timelines, opposition rights, and personal papers rules¶

What if your Storage Unit was BROKEN INTO (Burglary, Cut Lock, or "Inside Job")?¶

When burglars break into your storage unit, the facility manager will point to the lease stating that you store at your own risk. Execute this three-pronged recovery protocol to unlock two separate insurance payouts and hold the facility liable for gross negligence:

1. Prong 1: Your Homeowners or Renters Insurance ("Off-Premises Coverage C"): Pull your Homeowners (HO-3), Condo (HO-6), or Renters (HO-4) policy declarations page. Under "Coverage C: Personal Property Anywhere in the World," almost every standard policy covers stolen property stored off-premises up to 10 percent of your total Coverage C limit (or 100 percent on certain policies). For example, a $150,000 Coverage C policy provides $15,000 of theft coverage for your storage unit.
2. Prong 2: The Storage Facility's "Tenant Protection Plan" ($2,000 to $5,000): Check your monthly storage receipt for the facility's captive storage insurance (Bader, SafeLease, Deans & Homer). Most storage insurance policies contain a "Visible Signs of Forced Entry" clause requiring a Police Report and photos of a cut lock or pried door latch. Never let the storage manager discard your cut padlock or cylinder. Photograph the cut lock on the ground, keep the physical cut lock in a plastic bag as evidence, and verify that the responding police officer writes "Forced Entry / Cut Lock Observed" in the Police Report narrative.
3. Prong 3: Suing the Facility for "Gross Negligence / Deceptive Advertising (UDAP)": Even if the lease waives ordinary negligence, an exculpatory clause cannot waive Gross Negligence, Willful Misconduct, or Deceptive False Advertising (UDAP)। यदि सुविधाको विज्ञापन गरिएको छ "24/7 Video Surveillance & Secure Coded Gate Access" सेक्युरिटी गेट हप्तौंसम्म खुला राखिएको र क्यामेराहरू अनप्लग गरिएको थाहा हुँदा वा यदि तपाईंको लक ल्याचमा शून्य स्क्र्याचसहित हराएको थियो भने, डिजिटल गेट किप्याड पहुँच लग (त्यस रातमा प्रवेश गरेको र बाहिर निस्किएको प्रत्येक पिन कोड देखाउँदै) माँग गर्नुहोस् र धोखाधडीको लागि सानो ट्रेड दाबी अदालतमा मुद्दा हाल्नुहोस्।UDAP) and Gross Negligence.

Copy-and-paste template: Statutory Notice of Wrongful Storage Lien Sale (Conversion), Demand for Surplus & Audit File, and Video/Log Preservation Notice¶

यो पत्र USPS प्रमाणित मेल (फिर्ती रसिद अनुरोध गरिएको) र इमेल मार्फत पठाउनुहोस् (१) स्थानीय भण्डारण सुविधा प्रबन्धक र (२) भण्डारण अपरेटरको कर्पोरेट कानूनी विभाग (e.g., Public Storage / Extra Space Storage / CubeSmart):

VIA CERTIFIED MAIL (RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED) AND EMAIL

Date: [Insert Date]

TO: 1. Facility Manager, [Insert Storage Facility Name and Street Address]
    2. Legal & Risk Management Department, [Insert Corporate Parent Name and Corporate Address]

RE: FORMAL NOTICE OF WRONGFUL LIEN SALE (CONVERSION) / BURGLARY CLAIM, DEMAND FOR STATUTORY LIEN FILE,
    AND MANDATORY EVIDENCE PRESERVATION NOTICE (DO NOT OVERWRITE CCTV OR GATE LOGS)
    Tenant Name: [Insert Your Full Legal Name]
    Facility Location & Unit Number: [Insert Facility Address and Unit #]
    Rental Agreement / Account Number: [Insert Account #]
    Date of Incident / Auction: [Insert Date] | Estimated Value of Property: $[Amount]

To Whom It May Concern:

I am the lawful tenant of Storage Unit #[Number] at the above-referenced facility. Please take formal legal notice of the following statutory violations and immediate preservation demands:

[SELECT SECTION A FOR WRONGFUL AUCTION OR SECTION B FOR BREAK-IN / DAMAGE:]

SECTION A: NOTICE OF WRONGFUL LIEN SALE AND CONVERSION OF PERSONAL PROPERTY:
On or about [Date], your facility unlawfully cut the lock on Unit #[Number] and sold/disposed of my personal property valued at approximately $[Amount]. This extrajudicial sale violated the State Self-Service Storage Facility Lien Act [e.g., Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code § 21700 et seq. / NY Lien Law § 182 / Tex. Prop. Code Ch. 59 / Fla. Stat. § 83.806] and constitutes the intentional tort of **Conversion** and an unfair/deceptive trade practice because:
1. [You failed to serve the mandatory Preliminary Lien Notice and Notice of Lien Sale by Verified/Certified Mail to my current address on file and/or my designated Alternate Contact];
2. [You failed to provide the mandatory statutory cure period (14+ days) or sold the unit prior to the expiration of the noticed deadline];
3. [My account was enrolled in authorized Autopay / I was on protected Active Duty Military Service under the federal Servicemembers Civil Relief Act, 50 U.S.C. § 3958].

Under settled state law, any failure to strictly comply with every procedural prerequisite of the Self-Storage Lien Act renders the sale void, invalidates any contractual limitation-of-liability cap, and subjects the operator to full liability for the fair market/replacement value of all converted property, emotional distress damages, and statutory treble/punitive damages plus attorney's fees [e.g., NY Lien Law § 182(9) / Cal. Civ. Code § 3336 / Tex. DTPA].

IMMEDIATE DEMAND FOR BUYER CONTACT AND COMPLETE LIEN AUDIT FILE:
Demand is hereby made that within **forty-eight (48) hours** you provide me with:
(a) The name, telephone number, and email of the auction purchaser(s) (or immediately contact the purchaser on my behalf to arrange the return of irreplaceable family photographs, personal papers, and keepsakes);
(b) Complete copies of all alleged Lien Notices, USPS Certified/Verified Mail tracking receipts and return envelopes, newspaper/online advertisement affidavits, all pre-auction photographs taken of Unit #[Number] uploaded to StorageTreasures/Lockerfox, and the complete accounting of the winning bid amount and any **Surplus Proceeds**.

SECTION B: MANDATORY LITIGATION HOLD & PRESERVATION OF CCTV AND GATE KEYPAD LOGS:
You are hereby placed under a formal **Litigation Hold** to immediately preserve and export (do NOT allow auto-deletion or overwriting of):
1. All CCTV security camera video footage showing the main entry/exit gates, hallways, elevators, and the exterior of Unit #[Number] from [Start Date] through [End Date];
2. The complete electronic **Gate Keypad / Smart-Entry Access Log** showing every PIN code, employee master code, and timestamp of entry/exit at the facility during that period; and
3. All internal maintenance tickets regarding broken gates, cameras, or multiple unit break-ins at this facility over the past twelve (12) months.

Please have your corporate legal or claims representative contact me in writing at the address or email below within five (5) business days to resolve this claim for $[Insert Demand Amount] prior to the filing of a formal civil action and State Attorney General consumer fraud complaint.

Sincerely,

[Your Signature]
[Your Printed Name, Current Mailing Address, Phone Number, and Email]

बारम्बार सोधिने प्रश्नहरू¶

My rental contract says "Tenant agrees not to store items worth more than $5,000, and the Storage Company's maximum liability is $5,000." If they wrongfully auctioned my $30,000 unit, am I stuck with $5,000?¶

No, not if the storage company violated the State Self-Storage Lien Act when they auctioned your unit. While courts often enforce a `$5,000` contractual value cap for ordinary negligence (like a sudden pipe leak), appellate courts across the United States (such as Gonzalez v. Personal Storage, Inc. in California and Dubey v. Public Storage, Inc. in Illinois) hold that a contractual limitation-of-liability clause does NOT protect a storage company that commits the intentional tort of Conversion (`Wrongful Lien Sale`) or violates state Consumer Fraud / Self-Storage Lien statutes. In addition, in states like New York (`NY Lien Law § 182(9)`) र Massachusetts (`M.G.L. c. 105A, § 8`), selling a unit in violation of the statutory notice rules triggers mandatory statutory Treble (`3x`) Damages plus 100 percent of your attorney's fees।

Can a storage facility refuse to let me pay my past-due balance if the auction has already been advertised online and is scheduled for tomorrow morning?¶

No. That is 100 percent illegal in every single state. Under universal statutory "Right of Redemption" laws (`Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code § 21709`, `Tex. Prop. Code § 59.045`, `Fla. Stat. § 83.806(7)`, `NY Lien Law § 182(7)`), तपाईंसँग विगतको बाँकी भाडा र उचित लियन शुल्क तिर्नको पूर्ण वैधानिक अधिकार छ। कुनै पनि समय बिक्री पूरा भएको क्षण अघि। भए पनि `50` मानिसहरूले पहिले नै अनलाइन बिडहरू राखेका छन् `StorageTreasures.com` र लिलामी बन्द हुन्छ `2 hours`, तपाईंले फ्रन्ट डेस्कमा (वा पोर्टल मार्फत) नगद वा प्रमाणित कोषमा पूर्ण रिडेम्पसन ब्यालेन्स टेन्डर गर्ने क्षणमा, अनलाइन लिलामी तुरुन्तै रद्द गर्न, ओभरलक हटाउन, र तपाईंको पहुँच पुनर्स्थापित गर्नका लागि भण्डारण सुविधा कानूनद्वारा आवश्यक छ।।

I am behind on my storage rent and cannot afford to pay it before the auction, but my birth certificate, passport, family photos, and tax returns are inside. Can I get just those items out?¶

Yes, in two ways. First, in states like Washington (`RCW 19.150.060`) र Minnesota (`Minn. Stat. § 514.972, Subd. 5`), you have an explicit statutory right to demand access to retrieve your personal papers, family photos, health/medical records, and educational/tax documents free of charge even while your account is in default. Second, even in states without a specific pre-sale personal-papers statute, almost every major storage chain (`Public Storage`, `Extra Space`, `CubeSmart`) and online auction platform (`StorageTreasures`) has a corporate policy requiring the facility manager (or the auction buyer after opening the door) to set aside "Personal Effects" (passports, birth certificates, social security cards, tax records, family photo albums, and cremated remains) and return them to the tenant, go to the facility in person before the auction ends and submit a written request for your personal documents.

If my storage unit was auctioned for $3,500 and I only owed $400 in back rent, who gets to keep the extra $3,100?¶

YOU DO. One of the biggest secrets in the self-storage industry is that storage companies are strictly prohibited by law from keeping a single penny of profit ("Surplus / Excess Proceeds") above the exact rent and lien fees you owed. Under every state's Self-Storage Lien Act (`Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code § 21709`, `Fla. Stat. § 83.806(8)`, `Tex. Prop. Code § 59.046`, `NY Lien Law § 182(7)`), if your unit sells for `$3,500` and your past-due rent and lien costs were `$400`, the storage company must hold the remaining `$3,100` in a segregated account for you and pay that `$3,100` directly to you upon written demand (or escheat it to the State Unclaimed Property Treasurer if they cannot locate you).

सम्बन्धित गाइडहरू¶

• Small claims court, demand letters, and default judgments
• Pawn shop, title loan, and payday lender default triage
• Unclaimed property escheatment of dormant bank account, stock shares, or IRA to state treasurer
• Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) and video preservation letter before 30-day auto-deletion
• Illegal eviction and landlord lockouts
• देश अनुसार आपतकालीन नम्बरहरू

स्रोत र आधिकारिक निर्देशन¶

• California Business and Professions Code Chapter 10 (§§ 21700-21716: California Self-Service Storage Facility Act): §§ 21703, 21705 (14-Day Preliminary Lien Notice, 14-Day Notice of Lien Sale, and Mandatory Blank Declaration in Opposition to Lien Sale), § 21707 (Advertisement Rules), § 21709 (Absolute Pre-Sale Right of Redemption & Tenant Right to Surplus Proceeds), § 21710 (Judicial Enforcement Required Upon Timely Opposition), and Gonzalez v. Personal Storage, Inc., 56 Cal. App. 4^th 464 (1997) (Conversion Liability & Emotional Distress Damages).
• न्यूयोर्क लियन कानून § 182 (Self-Service Storage Facilities): § 182(7) (अनिवार्य व्यक्तिगत वा प्रमाणित मेल + इमेल सूचना, 10-दिनको न्यायिक सुनुवाइ अधिकार, र अतिरिक्त रकम) र § 182(9) (अनिवार्य ट्रेबलको लागि कार्यको निजी अधिकार 3x कुनै पनि वैधानिक उल्लङ्घनको लागि क्षतिपूर्ति प्लस वकीलको शुल्क)।
• टेक्सास सम्पत्ति कोड ** अध्याय ५९ (§§ 59.001-59.047: स्व-सेवा भण्डारण सुविधा ग्रहणाधिकार)**, फ्लोरिडा विधान §§ ८३.८०१-८३.८०९ (Self-Storage Facility Act(§ 8 स्वचालित अध्याय 93A अनुचित व्यापार अभ्यास), र वाशिंगटन संशोधित कोड RCW 19.150.060 (व्यक्तिगत कागजहरू पुन: प्राप्त गर्ने अधिकार)।
• United States Code Title 50, Section 3958 (Servicemembers Civil Relief Act SCRA, Section 307: भण्डारण ग्रहणाधिकारको प्रवर्तन): पूर्व अदालतको आदेश बिना सक्रिय-ड्युटी सेवा सदस्य विरुद्ध भण्डारण ग्रहणाधिकार लागू गर्नको लागि कडा संघीय निषेध र फौजदारी/सिभिल दण्ड।
• अन्तर्राष्ट्रिय फ्रेमवर्क: युके टोर्ट्स (सामानमा हस्तक्षेप) ऐन १९७७ (Section 12 & Schedule 1: जम्मा नगरिएका सामानको बिक्रीको शक्ति र वैधानिक सूचना), ओन्टारियो मर्मत र भण्डारण अधिकार ऐन (R.S.O. 1990, c. R.25, ss. 15, 23, 24), and Storage Liens Act 1935 (NSW, Australia).