US-OH · ORC sections 5322.01 to 5322.06

Self-storage software for Ohio operators.

ORC sections 5322.01 through 5322.06 with written email consent, delivery confirmation, late-fee safe harbor, and commercially reasonable sale evidence.

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Ohio lien clock

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

This is the actual policy seeded for Ohio. Every delinquent account locks in the rules that applied the day it opened — later statute updates never retroactively change a case already in flight.

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Ohio lien timeline

ORC sections 5322.01 to 5322.06

Late fee: Greater of $20 or 20% reasonableness harbor
Notice path: Notice requires written email consent plus delivery confirmation or paper fallback
Sale gate: Publication is not mandatory; commercially reasonable sale evidence can satisfy the path

Vehicle liens are ineffective against valid security-interest holders without written consent.

Ohio lien timeline with statute citations
Day	Event	Operator action	Citation
D+0	Invoice due	Rent posts and the delinquency clock starts if unpaid.	ORC section 5322.03
Agreement day	Late fee	Apply the disclosed fee; $20 or 20% of the payment, whichever is greater, is deemed reasonable.	ORC section 5322.05
D+30	Notice of claim	Send notice; email requires prior written agreement and delivery confirmation, with paper fallback if unconfirmed.	ORC section 5322.03
D+44	Lien pending	The 14-day cure window remains an over-floor default; statute requires at least 10 days.	ORC section 5322.03
Sale path	Sale evidence	Run newspaper publication or another commercially reasonable manner; three independent bidders is deemed reasonable.	ORC section 5322.03
D+59	Auction eligible	Default sale gate opens after commercially reasonable sale evidence is complete.	ORC section 5322.03
Before vehicle sale	Lienholder consent	Confirm written consent before relying on the storage lien against a valid security-interest holder.	ORC section 5322.02
Post-sale	Surplus disposition	Apply proceeds and track any remainder on the proceeds path.	ORC section 5322.03

What UnitOps does differently for Ohio operators

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

Section 5322.03 email notice requires prior written agreement and delivery confirmation; unconfirmed email triggers the paper fallback.
Section 5322.05 late fees use the greater of $20 or 20% of the payment as the reasonableness safe harbor.
Section 5322.03 no longer requires newspaper publication; another commercially reasonable manner is available, and three independent bidders is deemed reasonable.
Section 5322.02 makes the vehicle lien ineffective against a valid security-interest holder unless that holder gives written consent.

Lien evidence packet

Built for the day you get sued.

For Ohio 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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