§ 20-26-401 — Bed linens

(a) It shall be the duty of every hotel or innkeeper in this state to furnish clean and fresh bed linens, unused by any other person or guest since the last laundering of the bed linens, on all beds assigned to the use of any guest or patron of the inn, or hotel, and any proprietor, lessee, manager, or agent of any inn, or hotel, or clerk in it, who shall fail or refuse to comply with the foregoing provisions and requirements shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. (b) The proprietor, lessee, manager, agent, or clerk in charge of the operation or conduct of the inn or hotel, whenever any violations of the provisions of this section shall occur, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction shall be fined not less than five dollars ($5.00) nor more than twenty-five dollars ($25.00) or be imprisoned for a term not exceeding ten (10) days, or be punished by both fine and imprisonment.

Legislative History

Acts 1913, No. 242, § 1; C. & M. Dig., § 5559; Pope's Dig., § 7198; A.S.A. 1947, § 71-1114.