Section § 1851

Explanation

This law explains that when someone is paid to keep or store someone else's property, it's known as storage, and the person or company doing the storing is called a depositary for hire.

A deposit not gratuitous is called storage. The depositary in such case is called a depositary for hire.

Section § 1852

Explanation
When someone is paid to hold onto your belongings, they must take reasonable care to keep them safe.
A depositary for hire must use at least ordinary care for the preservation of the thing deposited.

Section § 1853

Explanation

If there's no other agreement in place or special practice followed, when you pay someone to take care of your property, like storing things or looking after animals, they are entitled to charge you a week's worth for animals and half a month's worth for other items even if they only keep them for part of that time.

In the absence of a different agreement or usage, a depositary for hire is entitled to one week’s hire for the sustenance and shelter of living animals during any fraction of a week, and to half a month’s hire for the storage of any other property during any fraction of a half month.

Section § 1854

Explanation

If there's no set time for a deposit to last, the person who made the deposit can end it whenever they want. The person holding the deposit can end it too, but they need to give a fair notice in advance.

In the absence of an agreement as to the length of time during which a deposit is to continue, it may be terminated by the depositor at any time, and by the depositary upon reasonable notice.

Section § 1855

Explanation

This law allows a person who has made a deposit to end the deposit agreement early, as long as they pay any amounts that the other party, who holds the deposit, would have earned if the agreement had continued as planned.

Notwithstanding an agreement respecting the length of time during which a deposit is to continue, it may be terminated by the depositor on paying all that would become due to the depositary in case of the deposit so continuing.

Section § 1856

Explanation

This law states that when you store property with someone who charges for the service, they have a right to hold onto the property until they're paid. They can charge for storage fees, any extra costs like insurance or care of the property if you asked for it, and expenses incurred to deal with prior liens or sales. These rights are governed by rules about liens.

A depositary for hire has a lien for storage charges and for advances and insurance incurred at the request of the bailor, and for money necessarily expended in and about the care, preservation and keeping of the property stored, and he also has a lien for money advanced at the request of the bailor, to discharge a prior lien, and for the expenses of a sale where default has been made in satisfying a valid lien. The rights of the depositary for hire to such lien are regulated by the title on liens.

Section § 1857

Explanation

This law allows someone who is storing perishable items, baggage, or luggage to sell those items in an open market if they can't return them due to circumstances beyond their control. But this can only happen if the person being stored for hasn't paid storage fees for a year on non-perishable items. The law removes any previous laws that conflict with it and becomes active immediately after it passes.

If from any cause other than want of ordinary care and diligence on his part, a depositary for hire is unable to deliver perishable property, baggage, or luggage received by him for storage, or to collect his charges for storage due thereon, he may cause such property to be sold, in open market, to satisfy his lien for storage; provided, that no property except perishable property shall be sold, under the provisions of this section, upon which storage charges shall not be due and unpaid for one year at the time of such sale.
All Acts and parts of Acts in conflict with the provisions of this Act are hereby repealed.
This Act shall take effect from and after its passage.