Update 6/18/25 – Nevada Governor Joe Lombardo signed AB 137 into law on June 5. It takes effect on Oct. 1. The legislation updates three key parts to the advertising section of the Nevada Self Storage Act, according to a June 16 newsletter from the SSA to its members.
Under the new law, lien sales must be advertised once rather than twice. It also eliminates the requirement to provide a description of the goods in the ad. Finally, it permits online advertising if there isn’t the option of a newspaper with general circulation in the judicial district where the sale will be held.
Source: Self Storage Association, SSA, Nevada SSA Team Up to Reduce State Newspaper Mandate
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4/15/25 – Legislators in Nevada have introduced a bill that would end the newspaper-advertisement requirement for self-storage lien sales. Assembly Bill 137 (AB 137), sponsored by Assembly Members Selena Torres-Fossett and Alexis Hansen, would update a 1983 law that requires self-storage operators who are advertising a delinquency auction to post legal notices in a regional newspaper twice in two weeks, according to the source.
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If AB 137 is passed, self-storage operators would only need to publish their auction notices online via a newspaper website, a social media platform such as Facebook, Craigslist or one of several self-storage auction websites. They would, however, need to update their rental agreement to disclose where they intend to post the information, the source reported.
Opponents to AB 137 include The Nevada Press Association and the Nevada Open Government Coalition, a nonpartisan organization that promotes government accountability through transparency. They claim it’ll reduce transparency to self-storage renters in lien status and create confusion about auction information.
“Legal notices provide storage renters with an additional backstop before they lose their property for good, and notices ensure that seizures and auctions can’t be carried out in secret,” said Glenn Cook, executive editor for the “Las Vegas Review-Journal.” “There is otherwise no outside oversight of this process—no judicial review, no regulatory approval. Less sunshine is not an improvement.”
There are 10 states that still require two lien-sale notices in printed media, according to David Goldwater, a lobbyist for the national Self Storage Association (SSA). Goldwater addressed the Nevada Assembly Committee on Judiciary hearing in March.
Idaho Governor Brad Little recently signed legislation that eliminates the requirement for self-storage operators to advertise upcoming lien sales in the newspaper. It takes effect on July 1.
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The SSA represents more than 22,000 U.S. and international member-affiliated self-storage facilities, according to its website. It’s allied with several state and international self-storage associations and has about 6,000 members.
Source: Las Vegas Review Journal, Storage Wars: Nevada Bill Would Change Auction Notice Process
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