Wisconsin § 97.634 Hotelkeeper’s liability for baggage; limitation.

Wisconsin Statutes

§ 97.634 — Hotelkeeper’s liability for baggage; limitation.

Wisconsin § 97.634

Ch. 97Food, lodging, and recreation

Subch.subch. III of ch. 97 SUBCHAPTER III

LODGING AND VENDING MACHINES

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Wis. Stat. § 97.634 (2026).

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97.634  Every guest and intended guest of any hotel upon delivering to the hotelkeeper any baggage or other property for safekeeping, elsewhere than in the room assigned to the guest, shall demand and the hotelkeeper shall give a check or receipt, to evidence the delivery. No hotelkeeper shall be liable for the loss of or injury to the baggage or other property of a hotel guest, unless it was delivered to the hotelkeeper for safekeeping or unless the loss or injury occurred through the negligence of the hotelkeeper.

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97.634 Every guest and intended guest of any hotel upon delivering to the hotelkeeper any baggage or other property for safekeeping, elsewhere than in the room assigned to the guest, shall demand and the hotelkeeper shall give a check or receipt, to evidence the delivery. No hotelkeeper shall be liable for the loss of or injury to the baggage or other property of a hotel guest, unless it was delivered to the hotelkeeper for safekeeping or unless the loss or injury occurred through the negligence of the hotelkeeper.

Legislative History

97.634 History History: 1975 c. 413 s. 15 ; Stats. 1975 s. 50.81; 1991 a. 316 ; 1993 a. 27 s. 86 ; Stats. 1993 s. 254.81; 2015 a. 55 s. 4096 ; 2015 Stats. s. 97.634.