The word permanent sounds like a forever arrangement. In the regulations it is a narrow, technical step: the moment a stored shipment stops being a mover's responsibility on the road and becomes a warehouse customer's goods under the warehouse's own rules and charges.
Where it sits in a move
A mover can hold your goods temporarily on the way to a new home, which the rules call storage-in-transit. The storage in transit guide covers that stage. Permanent storage is what the shipment becomes when that period is over, whether because the specified time has run out or the maximum period in the tariff has been reached.
What the mover must tell you
Notice must arrive at least 10 days before the expiration date, in writing, by fax, email, overnight courier or certified mail, return receipt requested. If the stay is under 10 days, notice goes out one day before. Section 375.609(g) says that if the mover fails to notify you, its carrier liability continues under the tariff until the end of the day after it actually gave notice.
- The date of conversion to permanent storage
- That a nine-month period begins on that date for claims for loss or damage in transit or during the storage-in-transit period
- That the mover's liability is ending
- That your property will be subject to the rules, regulations and charges of the warehouseman
Whose name is on the goods
Section 375.609(h) requires that when the mover places goods in permanent storage, it places them in the name of the individual shipper and provides contact information for the shipper, such as a phone number, mailing address or email. That keeps ownership and contact with you, not with a transport company.
How it differs from planned storage
Permanent storage in the rule is an outcome of a delayed delivery. Storage you plan, such as O'Brien's full-service vault storage, is a service you choose from the start. Vaults are wooden, measure 7 ft x 7 ft x 5 ft, and start from $40 per month, for short or long stays. Because the goods are packed into vaults at the Sparks warehouse, you ask for them back with about 2 to 3 weeks notice.
What to do with the notice
Read the date, write the nine-month claim deadline on your calendar and decide whether to arrange delivery or keep the goods stored. Look at the vault storage page if planned storage fits your timeline. Call 775-359-6683 with questions about either path.