VITUG v.ALAMEDA POINT STORAGE, INC

VITUG v.ALAMEDA POINT STORAGE, INC



















Filed 8/10/10









CERTIFIED FOR
PUBLICATION



IN THE COURT OF
APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA



FIRST APPELLATE
DISTRICT



DIVISION FIVE






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ARACELI VITUG, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. ALAMEDA POINT STORAGE, INC., Defendant and Respondent.

A124999 ( >Alameda > County Super. >Ct. > No. RG06249152)

The
California Self-Service Storage Facility
Act (the Act) (Bus. and Prof. Code, § 21700 et seq.)[1]
regulates certain aspects of the relationship between owners and renters of
storage units at self-service storage facilities. In this case, we address the following
question: Does the Act prohibit a
self-service storage facility from continuing to charge rent and late fees to
the renter of a storage unit after the facility has terminated the renter's
right to access the unit due to nonpayment of rentâ€