Alabama § 34-15-14 Safe Depository for Valuable Articles - Limitation of Liability

Alabama Statutes

§ 34-15-14 — Safe Depository for Valuable Articles - Limitation of Liability

Alabama § 34-15-14

Title 34Professions and Businesses

Ch. 15Hotels, Inns, and Other Transient Lodging Places

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Bluebook

Ala. Code § 34-15-14 (2026).

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If the liability of a hotel is not otherwise eliminated or limited or varied under the provisions of Section 34-15-11 or 34-15-13, its liability for any loss, damage, or destruction of any property of a guest, by theft or otherwise, shall in no event and under no circumstances or conditions exceed the sum of $5,000, whether or not such hotel has complied with the provisions of this chapter. The word “property” as used in this section shall mean and include valuables and all other items belonging to a guest except baggage as is defined in Section 34-15-15.

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If the liability of a hotel is not otherwise eliminated or limited or varied under the provisions of Section 34-15-11 or 34-15-13, its liability for any loss, damage, or destruction of any property of a guest, by theft or otherwise, shall in no event and under no circumstances or conditions exceed the sum of $5,000, whether or not such hotel has complied with the provisions of this chapter. The word “property” as used in this section shall mean and include valuables and all other items belonging to a guest except baggage as is defined in Section 34-15-15.

Legislative History

(Code 1867, §1244; Code 1876, §1551; Code 1886, §1329; Code 1896, §2543; Code 1907, §4542; Code 1923, §8318; Code 1940, T. 24, §14; Acts 1959, No. 412, p. 1046, §1.)