Definitions:

• "Self-service storage facility" means any real property designed and used for the renting or leasing of individual self-contained units of storage space to occupants who are to have access to such units for storing and removing personal property only, and not for residential purposes.

• A self-service storage facility and an owner are not a warehouse, as defined in section 42a-7-102, except that if an owner issues a document of title, as defined in section 42a-1-201, for the personal property stored, the owner and the occupant are subject to the provisions of article 7 of the Uniform Commercial Code and the provisions of this chapter do not apply.

Conn. Gen. Stat. Sec. 42-159.

Connecticut Department of Consumer Protection:

• Self Storage: The Department of Consumer Protection will mediate written complaints against self storage companies.

  • Complaint Forms and Procedures

Connecticut Department of Motor Vehicles:

• Self-Service Storage Facilities: Owners of Self-Service Storage Facilities (SSSF) will be allowed to sell at a public sale motor vehicles that are left in storage by defaulting renters/occupants as specified in Connecticut General Statutes sections 42-159 thru 42-168. [Here] are the steps SSSF must take in order to dispose of these vehicles.

Office of Legislative Research Reports:

• Self-Storage Facilities Tax - 2007-R-0363
  You asked several questions regarding the Connecticut's sales tax on furnishing self-storage space.

Connecticut Department of Revenue Services:

• Sales and Use Taxes on the Furnishing of Space for Storage - SN 2002(9.1)