§ 5616. Limitation on liability of owner.
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§ 5616. Limitation on liability of owner.
(a)Sale or removal.-- An owner is not liable to an occupant or a third party for the removal or sale of personal property which is not the property of the occupant or upon which a prior lien has attached, unless notice was given to the owner by the occupant that the property placed in the leased space was not that of the occupant.
(b)Rental agreements.-- A rental agreement shall contain a provision describing the liability of the owner under subsection
(a)and requiring the occupant to inform the owner of the nature and identity of any property placed in the leased space that is not the property of the occupant.
(c)Limitation of value.-- If a rental agreement contains a limit on the value of property that may be stored in an occupant's space, the limit is deemed to be the maximum value of the stored property, provided that the limit provision is printed in bold type or underlined in the rental agreement.
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