US-CA / Cal. B&P sections 21700-21716

Self-storage software for California operators.

California's self-storage lien statute encoded day-by-day: first notice at D+14, sale eligibility at D+50, with publication, delivery, surplus, and fee guardrails pulled from Cal. B&P Code Secs. 21703 and 21704.

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California lien clock

The full day-by-day clock, with statute citations.

This is the actual policy seeded for California. Every delinquent account locks in the rules that applied the day it opened.

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California lien timeline

Late fee: Tiered section 21713.5 formula after D+10
Notice path: Preliminary Lien, then Notice of Lien Sale
Sale gate: Auction permitted after the lien-sale notice window and post-window publication (D+50 on our default schedule)

Declaration in Opposition pauses the sale process.

The full day-by-day timeline — every transition, delivery rule, and citation from first notice to auction — runs live in the product, and every case pins the version in force the day it opened.

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What UnitOps does differently for California operators

Built around the California statute, not retrofitted onto generic PMS.

01 The lien clock starts with Preliminary Lien at D+14, holds 14 days before Notice of Sale at D+28 under Cal. B&P Code § 21705, keeps the auction gate closed until D+50, with citations Cal. B&P Code §§ 21703 and 21704 and Cal. B&P § 21707(a)(1).
02 The Notice of Sale at D+28 carries the Declaration in Opposition path, so the sale workflow can freeze from that seeded step under Cal. B&P Code § 21705.
03 Publication is required with a 14-day sale lead and one newspaper publication plus a seven-day online auction listing or publication in a newspaper for two consecutive weeks under Cal. B&P § 21707(a)(1). Delivery evidence tracks Preliminary Lien by certified mail, first-class mail with certificate of mailing, and email (with delivery evidence) and Notice of Sale by certified mail and first-class mail with certificate of mailing.
04 Surplus is held for 1 year (365 days); then the owner retains excess proceeds on occupant behalf for 365 days after sale; thereafter owner pays remainder to California county treasury; with surplus handling cited to Cal. B&P § 21707(b)(1). Run your own payment processor and your own QuickBooks — UnitOps never sits in the middle of either.

Lien evidence packet

Built for the day you get sued.

For California cases, the packet presents the evidence trail beside the policy snapshot that was pinned when the case opened. It lists notices, delivery proof, ledger entries, photos, and state changes in chronological order. It presents records and citations only. The downloadable sample uses fictional seeded data with redacted names and a SAMPLE watermark.

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