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HERE THE DEFENDANT SELF-STORAGE FACILITY DID NOT NOTIFY PLAINTIFF OF THE CHANGED SALE-DATE AND DISPOSED OF PLAINTIFF’S PROPERTY TO A THIRD PARTY AT THE TIME OF THE SALE; PLAINTIFF WAS ENTITLED TO SUMMARY JUDGMENT BASED ON DEFENDANT’S VIOLATION OF THE NOTICE PROVISIONS OF THE LIEN LAW AND DEFENDANT’S SUBSEQUENT CONVERSION OF THE PROPERTY (SECOND DEPT).

The Second Department, reversing Supreme Court, determined plaintiff was entitled to summary judgment against defendant self-storage facility based upon defendant’s violation of the notice provisions of the Lien Law and conversion of the property:

… [T]he defendants failed to satisfy the notice requirements of Lien Law § 182(7). Specifically, the notice sent to the plaintiff failed to “include the time and place” of the sale of his property … , because the sale did not occur on the date set forth in the notice sent to the plaintiff, but was instead rescheduled without notice to him. …

… [A]lthough the Supreme Court properly determined that the defendants had a valid statutory lien and possessory interest in the plaintiff’s property (see Lien Law § 182[6]), such a showing is not sufficient to defeat the plaintiff’s cause of action for conversion in the case at bar. The plaintiff’s cause of action is not predicated upon the defendants’ unauthorized refusal to relinquish possession of the property upon his demand … , but rather upon the defendants’ unauthorized disposition of the property to a third party without proper notice … . Magomedov v Self Stor. Mgt., LLC, 2023 NY Slip Op 05601, Second Dept 11-8-23

Practice Point: To sell property held by a self-storage facility, the Lien Law requires that the property-owner be notified of the time and date of the sale. Here the date of the sale was changed and plaintiff was not notified of the change. The self-storage facility was liable for the Lien Law violation and for conversion (the sale if the property).

 

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