The national Self Storage Association (SSA) and Self-Storage Association of Michigan (SSAM) recently met with the Michigan Secretary of State’s chief legal officer to clear up misinformation that had been given to local law enforcement regarding facility operators’ right to tow vehicles under certain circumstances. Though it’s legal under state law to tow a vehicle from a self-storage space when the tenant has been in default for more than 60 days, operators were being blocked in their efforts to do so, according to the source.
The confusion stemmed from changes made several years ago to the Michigan Self-Storage Facility Act that allowed operators to have vehicles towed rather than sold after default. At that point, some law-enforcement agencies stopped issuing TR-52 “Abandoned Vehicle/Vessel Notice” forms, which caused towing companies to refuse requests from self-storage facilities.
Self-storage operators in the state can now resume normal towing procedures in the appropriate circumstances, according to the source.
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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.
SSAM is a not-for-profit trade association committed to strengthening and enhancing the self-storage industry in Michigan.
Source: Self-Storage Association of Michigan, SSA and SSAM Resolve Members’ Towing Issue
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