Iowa § 137C.25A Right to require financial guarantee

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§ 137C.25A — Right to require financial guarantee

Iowa § 137C.25A

Title IVPUBLIC HEALTH

Ch. 137CHOTEL SANITATION CODE

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Iowa Code § 137C.25A (2026).

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The hotel operator has the right to require a person seeking the use of a room, accommodations, facilities, or other privileges of the hotel to demonstrate the ability to pay for such use by cash, credit card, or approved check. The hotel operator may require the parent or guardian of a minor to do all of the following:

1.Accept in writing the liability for the cost of the room, accommodations, facilities, or other privileges of the hotel used by the minor, and for the cost of any damages to the room, furnishings in the room, or other facilities of the hotel caused by the minor while the minor is using the room, accommodations, facilities, or other privileges of the hotel.

2.Provide the hotel operator with one of the following:

a.The authority to charge any amount due for the cost of th

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The hotel operator has the right to require a person seeking the use of a room,
accommodations, facilities, or other privileges of the hotel to demonstrate the ability to pay
for such use by cash, credit card, or approved check. The hotel operator may require the
parent or guardian of a minor to do all of the following:
1. Accept in writing the liability for the cost of the room, accommodations, facilities, or
other privileges of the hotel used by the minor, and for the cost of any damages to the room,
furnishings in the room, or other facilities of the hotel caused by the minor while the minor
is using the room, accommodations, facilities, or other privileges of the hotel.
2. Provide the hotel operator with one of the following:
a. The authority to charge any amount due for the cost of the room, accommodations,
facilities, or other privileges of the hotel used by the minor, and for the cost of any damages
to the room, furnishings in the room, or other facilities of the hotel caused by the minor while
the minor is using the room, accommodations, facilities, or other privileges of the hotel to a
credit card as defined in section 537.1301, subsection 17.
b. An advance cash payment sufficient to cover the cost of the room, accommodations,
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facilities, or other privileges of the hotel used by the minor, and a reasonable amount as
a deposit toward the cost of any damages to the room, furnishings in the room, or other
facilitiesofthehotelcausedbytheminorwhiletheminorisusingtheroom,accommodations,
facilities, or other privileges of the hotel. A cash deposit for any damages required by the
hotel operator shall be refunded to the extent not used to cover the cost of any such damages
as determined by the hotel operator following an inspection of the room, accommodations,
or facilities of the hotel used by the minor at the end of the minor’s stay.