§ 32-33-7-3 — Limitation of liability

Except as provided in section 2 of this chapter,
the hotel, apartment hotel, or inn and its proprietor or manager are not
liable for the loss of or damage to personal property, other than
merchandise samples or merchandise for sale, brought into the hotel,
apartment hotel, or inn by any guest, exceeding two hundred dollars
($200) in value, 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 the manager or proprietor has contracted in
writing to assume greater liability. This limitation of liability also
applies with respect to the liability for the safekeeping of any luggage
or other personal property left in any hotel, apartment hotel, or inn to
be checked in any checkroom operated by the hotel, apartment hotel,
or inn, whether the luggage or other personal property is brought in by
and belongs to a guest or belongs to a person who is not a guest.
[Pre-2002 Recodification Citation: 32-8-28-2.]

Legislative History

As added by P.L.2-2002, SEC.18.