Notice; guest bringing property into hotel
Sec. 4. A hotel, an apartment hotel, or an inn and its proprietor or
manager are not liable for the loss of or damage to any merchandise
samples or merchandise for sale, whether the loss or damage is
occasioned by the negligence of the proprietor or manager or the
proprietor's or manager's agents or otherwise, unless:
(1) the guest or other owner has given prior written notice of
having brought the merchandise into the hotel and of the value
of the merchandise; and
(2) the receipt of the notice has been acknowledged in writing
by the proprietor, manager, or other agent.
However, the liability of the hotel, apartment hotel, inn, or the
proprietor or manager may not exceed four hundred dollars ($400)
unless the manager or proprietor of the hotel, apartment hotel, or inn
has contracted in writing to assume a greater liability.
As added by P.L.2-2002, SEC.18.
Last modified: May 24, 2006