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Senate Bill S6185

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Requires storage warehouse operators to maintain lock boxes for storage of official documents in each rental unit

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2025-S6185 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A7205
Current Committee:
Senate Consumer Protection
Law Section:
General Business Law
Laws Affected:
Add §607-b, Gen Bus L; amd §20-477, NYC Ad Cd
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:
S8711, A7092

2025-S6185 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires storage warehouse operators to maintain lock boxes for storage of official documents in each rental unit; prohibits storage warehouse operators from retaining or disposing of the contents of such lock boxes in the event of non-payment of unit rental fees.

2025-S6185 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2025-S6185 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6185
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               March 6, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  PARKER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Consumer Protection
 
 AN ACT to amend the general business law and the administrative code  of
   the city of New York, in relation to requiring storage warehouse oper-
   ators to maintain lock boxes for storage of official documents in each
   rental unit
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The general business law is amended by adding a new section
 607-b to read as follows:
   § 607-B.  STORAGE OF OFFICIAL DOCUMENTS. 1. IN ADDITION TO  ANY  OTHER
 PROVISION  OF  THIS ARTICLE, EVERY WAREHOUSEPERSON SHALL MAINTAIN WITHIN
 EACH STORAGE UNIT, AT NO EXTRA CHARGE,  A  SEPARATE  LOCK  BOX  FOR  THE
 CUSTOMER  RENTING  SUCH  STORAGE UNIT TO STORE OFFICIAL GOVERNMENT DOCU-
 MENTS ISSUED BY THE UNITED STATES OR BY ANOTHER  COUNTRY  OR  TERRITORY,
 INCLUDING  BUT NOT LIMITED TO BIRTH CERTIFICATES, MARRIAGE CERTIFICATES,
 PASSPORTS, VISAS AND IMMIGRATION DOCUMENTS, SEPARATELY FROM OTHER  ITEMS
 IN  THE  STORAGE  UNIT. A WAREHOUSEPERSON SHALL NOT RETAIN OR DISPOSE OF
 THE CONTENTS OF SUCH LOCK BOX REGARDLESS OF NON-PAYMENT OF  UNIT  RENTAL
 FEES.    NO WAREHOUSEPERSON MAY INCLUDE DOCUMENTS STORED IN THE LOCK BOX
 IN THE AUCTION OF THE CONTENTS OF THE STORAGE UNIT IN THE EVENT OF  NON-
 PAYMENT OF UNIT RENTAL FEES.
   2.  IT  SHALL  CONSTITUTE  AN  UNLAWFUL DETENTION OF GOODS FOR A WARE-
 HOUSEPERSON TO REFUSE TO SURRENDER DOCUMENTS STORED IN  A  LOCK  BOX  AS
 PROVIDED  IN SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION TO THE RENTER OF SUCH STOR-
 AGE UNIT.
   § 2. Section 20-477 of the administrative code of the city of New York
 is amended to read as follows:
   § 20-477 Duties of warehouse  operator.  A.  Every  storage  warehouse
 operator  shall  comply with the provisions of this subchapter and regu-
 lations promulgated by the commissioner setting forth  requirements  for
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD08347-01-5

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