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GA HB131

Bill

Status

Passed

5/12/2025

Primary Sponsor

Matt Reeves

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Origin

House of Representatives

2025-2026 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Reduces required newspaper advertisement for self-service storage facility lien sales from two consecutive weeks to one week in the county's legal organ

  • Allows alternative "commercially reasonable" advertising methods for property other than motor vehicles, motorcycles, trailers, watercraft, or recreational vehicles

  • Defines a sale as commercially reasonable if at least three independent bidders attend at the advertised time and place

  • Public sale must occur no sooner than 15 days after publication (changed from "first publication" to simply "publication" due to single-week requirement)

  • Effective July 1, 2025, applying to lien enforcement actions initiated on or after that date

Legislative Description

Self-service storage facilities; revise advertisement requirements before an owner can enforce an owner's lien

Last Action

Effective Date 2025-07-01

5/12/2025

Committee Referrals

Judiciary2/27/2025
Judiciary1/28/2025

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