§ 32-33-7-4 — Notice; guest bringing property into hotel

Indiana § 32-33-7-4

• Jurisdiction: Indiana
• Title 32: PROPERTY
• Art. 33: LIENS ON PERSONAL PROPERTY
• Ch. 7: Liability of Hotels for Loss of Property of Guests

Text

A hotel, an apartment hotel, or an inn and its
proprietor or manager are not liable for the loss of or damage to any
merchandise samples or merchandise for sale, 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:
(1) the guest or other owner has given prior written notice of
having brought the merchandise into the hotel and of the value of
the merchandise; and
(2) the receipt of the notice has been acknowledged in writing by
the proprietor, manager, or other agent.
However, the liability of the hotel, apartment hotel, inn, or the
proprietor or manager may not exceed four hundred dollars ($400)
unless the manager or proprietor of the hotel, apartment hotel, or inn
has contracted in writing to assume a greater liability.
[Pre-2002 Recodification Citation: 32-8-28-3.]

Legislative History

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