§ 6-25-106 — Safe for valuables - notice

Every landlord or keeper of a hotel or
public inn in this state who provides in the office of his or her hotel, inn, or other
convenient place a safe, vault, or other suitable receptacle, for the secure custody
of money, jewelry, ornaments, or other valuable articles other than necessary
baggage belonging to the guests or patrons of the hotel or public inn, and who
keeps posted in a public and conspicuous place in the office, public room, and
public parlors of the hotel or public inn, and upon the inside entrance door of every
public sleeping room in the hotel or public inn a notice printed in English stating the
fact, shall not be liable for the loss of any money, jewelry, ornaments, or other
valuable articles, other than necessary baggage, sustained by the guest or patron
by theft or otherwise, unless the guest or patron delivers the money, jewelry,
ornaments, or other valuable articles, other than necessary baggage, to the
landlord or keeper of the hotel or public inn, or person in charge of the office of the
hotel or public inn, for deposit in the safe, vault, or other receptacle. The liability
shall not be greater than the amount at the time of deposit declared by the guest or
patron to be the value of the article deposited.

Legislative History

Source: L. 2017: Entire article added with relocations, (HB 17-1245), ch. 240, p. 987, � 1, effective August 9.