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Innkeeper Laws

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A.R.S. § 41-1442

Any person who is under the influence of alcohol or narcotics, who is guilty of boisterous conduct, who is of lewd or immoral character, who is physically violent or who violates any regulation of any place of public accommodation that applies to all persons regardless of race, color, religion, sex, national origin or ancestry may be excluded from any place of public accommodation.

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A.C.A. § 20-26-405

Every person operating a tourist camp, motel, or auto court shall provide for the purpose of heating the individual rooms in the tourist camp, motel, or auto court stoves or heating units adequately vented to carry the products of combustion to the outside atmosphere.

Guest Privacy

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A.C.A. § 20-26-206

Every person operating a tourist camp, hotel, or rooming house shall provide and keep a register in which shall be entered the name and address of every guest to whom accommodations are hired or given. If a guest is traveling by automobile, the license number and state designation shall be registered.

Landlord Tenant

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A.C.A. § 18-17-202

Excludes transient occupancy in a hotel, motel, or other accommodations subject to any lodging sales tax from landlord tenant law

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A.C.A. § 20-26-401

Requires every hotel or innkeeper to provide fresh bed linens on all beds assigned to any guest or patron.

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Sick Leave PTO

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Cal.Labor Code § 233

Allows sick leave to be used to care for a family member

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25 CCR § 40

Requires apartment houses and hotels held out for rent and furnished with a bed and bedding must be kept clean, dry, and in a sanitary condition. This includes bedding as well as other parts of the bed such as the mattress.

Maximum Guest Rate

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Cal.Civ.Code § 1863

Every hotel shall post in a conspicuous place in the office or public room, and in every bedroom, a printed copy of this section, and a statement of rate or range of rates by the day for lodging.

Innkeeper Laws

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Cal.Civ.Code § 1859

An innkeeper shall be liable for loss or injury to personal property not exceeding $1,000 in the aggregate, $500 for each trunk and its contents, $250 for each traveling bag and its contents, $250 for each box, bundle, or package and its contents, and $250 for all other personal property.

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Sick Leave PTO

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C.R.S.A. § 8-13.3-409

Requires employers to retain records for two years documenting hours worked, paid sick leave accrued, and paid sick leave used.

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C.R.S.A. § 25-5-803

Establishes requirements for cleaning swimming areas/pools

Maximum Guest Rate

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C.R.S.A. § 18-14-102

There shall be posted in a plainly legible fashion, in a conspicuous place in, or at, each room, unit, and apartment of every hotel facility, the rates at which such room is rented. Such posting shall be in the form of a sign showing the maximum amount charged for occupancy and the maximum amount per person if the rate varies with the number of occupants. The sign shall also show the amount charged for extra conveniences, more complete accommodations, or additional furnishings and shall show the dates during the year when such charges prevail.

Innkeeper Laws

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C.R.S.A. § 6-25-106, -107

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. No landlord or keeper of any hotel or public inn is obliged to receive property from any guest or patron for custody, exceeding in value the sum of $5,000, nor is he or she liable for any loss thereof by theft or otherwise in any sum exceeding the sum of five thousand dollars, unless the landlord or keeper of the hotel or public inn, or person in charge of the office, assumes in writing a greater liability.

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C.R.S.A. § 6-25-108

The landlord or keeper of any hotel or public inn shall not be liable to any guest or patron of the hotel or public inn for the loss within his or her hotel or public inn of any article of wearing apparel or other necessary baggage belonging to any guest or patron, unless the same had been left within a room assigned to the guest or patron, or had been especially entrusted to the care or custody of the landlord or keeper of the hotel or public inn, or to an employee or servant thereof entrusted with the duty of receiving or caring for the article in the hotel or public inn.

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F.S.A. § 509.402

If the guest of a public lodging establishment vacates the premises without notice to the operator and the operator reasonably believes the guest does not intend to satisfy the outstanding account, the operator may recover the premises. Upon recovery of the premises, the operator shall make an itemized inventory of any property belonging to the guest and store such property until a settlement or a final court judgment is obtained on the guest's outstanding account. Such inventory shall be conducted by the operator and at least one other person who is not an agent of the operator.

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AI in Hiring

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775 ILCS 5/2-102

Prohibits an employer from using AI for hiring or employment decisions that has the effect of subjecting employees to racial discrimination, or uses zip codes as a proxy for protected classes.

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820 ILCS 42/1, et seq.

Requires disclosure of AI for video interviews, protects privacy of videos, require reporting of race and ethnicity data for applicants chosen for in-person interviews.

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LSA-C.C. Comp Ed Art. 3234

Innkeepers, hotel, boarding house and lodging house keepers enjoy this privilege on all the property which the sojourner has brought to their place, whether it belongs to him or not, because the property so brought into their place has become pledged to them by the mere fact of its introduction into their place.

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30-A M.R.S.A. § 3834

No innkeeper, hotelkeeper, boardinghouse keeper, lodging house keeper, campground operator or keeper or victualer may allow any reveling, riotous or disorderly conduct, drunkenness or excess in the inn, hotel, boardinghouse, lodging house, restaurant, shop or other premises.

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30-A M.R.S.A. § 3837

The owner or manager of an inn, hotel, restaurant, lodging house, camping area or boardinghouse may request that any person on the premises of that establishment who is causing unnecessary disturbance to other persons on the premises or who is damaging or destroying property belonging to or in use by the inn, hotel, restaurant, lodging house, camping area or boardinghouse leave the premises immediately. If any person who is requested to leave the premises under this section fails or refuses to do so, the owner or manager may use a reasonable degree of force against that person to remove that person from the premises. If any person who is requested to leave the premises under this section fails or refuses to do so, the owner or manager may request a law enforcement officer to remove that person from the premises.
Any person who is requested to leave the premises of an inn, hotel, restaurant, lodging house, camping area or boardinghouse or is ejected from the premises under this section, in addition to any other liability or penalty, is liable for the value of any property belonging to or in use by the inn, hotel, restaurant, lodging house, camping area or boardinghouse which is damaged or destroyed as a result of conduct while on the premises or which is damaged or destroyed during ejection from the premises under this section.

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30-A M.R.S.A. § 3838

An innkeeper or campground owner may refuse or deny any accommodations, facilities or privileges of a hotel, lodging house or campground to or may eject from the hotel, lodging house or campground premises or may request a law enforcement officer to remove from the premises:
1. Any person who is unwilling or unable to pay for accommodations and services of the hotel, lodging house or campground. The innkeeper or campground owner may require the prospective guest to demonstrate the ability to pay by cash, valid credit card or a validated check;
2. Any person who has not attained 18 years of age.
3. Any person the innkeeper or campground owner reasonably believes is bringing in property that may be dangerous to other persons, such as firearms or explosives;
4. Any person or persons, if admitting that person or those persons would cause the limit on the number of persons who may occupy any particular guest room in the hotel or lodging house or a site in the campground to be exceeded. For purposes of this subsection, the limit represents the number permitted by local ordinances or reasonable standards of the hotel, lodging house or campground relating to health, safety or sanitation; or
5. Any person who disturbs, threatens or endangers other guests; is a minor and possesses or uses alcohol; pssesses or uses illegal drugs; or violates any rule of the hotel, lodging house or campground that is posted in a conspicuous place and manner at the guest registration desk and in each guest room.

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Sick Leave PTO

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MD Code, Labor and Employment, § 3-802

Contains provisions for bereavement leave, sick leave, paid time off, vacation time, and compensatory time. These provisions apply to employers that provide leave under the terms of a collective bargaining agreement, employment policy, or employers who employee at least 15 employees for 20 or more calendar weeks.

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MD Code, Election Law, § 10-315

Requires all employers to provide 2 hours of paid leave to allow employees who are registered voters in Maryland to vote.

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MD Code, Labor and Employment, § 3-1304

Contains provisions for paid sick leave for employers with 15 or more employees. Requires employers with 14 or fewer employees to provide unpaid earned sick leave. Lists limitations for accrual and use earned sick leave.

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MD Code, Labor and Employment, § 3-1305

Details situations for when earned sick leave can be used. Required situations where sick leave can be used include maternity/paternity leave, to treat a physical or mental illness, and to obtain preventative care. Allows employers to require advanced, written notice for using sick leave in foreseeable circumstances.

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MD Code, Labor and Employment, § 3-1306

Requires employers to provide notice to employees that they are entitled to sick leave.

Innkeeper Laws

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MD Code, Business Regulation, § 15-103

A hotel is not liable for the loss, by robbery or otherwise, of a valuable belonging to a guest if the hotel provides a safe or other secure depository for keeping valuables of guests; the guest does not deposit the valuable with the hotel for safekeeping; and the loss does not result from the collusion or negligence of the hotel or its agent.
A hotel is not liable for more than $300 for the loss of valuables that a guest deposits with the hotel for safekeeping unless, at the time of deposit, the guest shows the valuables to an agent of the hotel and declares a greater value to the agent. A hotel need not accept for safekeeping valuables with a declared value of more than $1,000. A hotel is not liable for more than $1,000 for the loss of or damage to valuables belonging to a guest, whether or not the valuables were offered to or accepted by the hotel for safekeeping.

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MD Code, Business Regulation, § 15-104

A hotel is not liable for more than $300 for the loss of property other than valuables of a registered guest from the room of the registered guest.

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MD Code, Business Regulation, § 15-105

A hotel is not liable for more than $75 for the loss of property that a guest leaves with an agent or employee of the hotel at a checkroom or other similar place if the hotel has posted conspicuously at each such place a notice that states the limitation on liability under this section; the agent or employee gives to the guest an identification ticket that states on its face, in 10 point or larger type, the limitation on liability under this section; and provides a space for declaring a greater value; and the guest does not declare a value greater than $75 on the duplicate of the identification ticket that the hotel keeps.

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M.G.L.A. 140 § 12C

An innkeeper may refuse to admit or refuse service or accommodation in the hotel to a person who: while on the premises of the hotel acts in an obviously intoxicated or disorderly manner, destroys or threatens to destroy hotel property, or causes or threatens to cause a public disturbance; or refuses or is unable to pay for the accommodations or services. An innkeeper may require the prospective guest to demonstrate an ability to pay. An innkeeper may require a parent or guardian of a minor to accept liability for the proper charges for the minor's accommodation, board, room, or lodging; and any damages to the guest room or its furniture or furnishings caused by the minor, and provide a credit card to cover the charges. When the parent or guardian cannot provide a credit card, the innkeeper may require the parent or guardian to make an advance cash deposit in an amount not exceeding $100 for payment of any additional charges by the minor or any damages to the guest room or its furnishings. The innkeeper shall refund the damage deposit to the extent it is not used to cover any reasonable charges or damages.
An innkeeper may limit the number of persons who may occupy a particular guest room in the hotel.

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M.G.L.A. 140 § 13

Innholders shall post a printed copy of this and the three preceding sections in a conspicuous place in each room of their inns. Boarding house keepers shall post a copy of the preceding section in a conspicuous place in each room of their boarding houses.

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M.G.L.A. 140 § 18

Every innholder and common victualler shall at all times have a board or sign affixed to his house, shop, cellar or store, or in a conspicuous place near the same, with his name legibly inscribed thereon in large letters and the business for which he is licensed inscribed thereon, and upon neglect thereof shall forfeit twenty dollars.

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M.S.A. § 327.71

No innkeeper who has in the establishment a fireproof, metal safe or vault, in good order and fit for the custody of valuables, and who keeps a copy of this subdivision clearly and conspicuously posted at or near the front desk and on the inside of the entrance door of every bedroom, shall be liable for the loss of or injury to the valuables of a guest unless: (1) the guest has offered to deliver the valuables to the innkeeper for custody in the safe or vault; and (2) the innkeeper has omitted or refused to take the valuables and deposit them in the safe or vault for custody and to give the guest a receipt for them. Except as otherwise provided, the liability of an innkeeper for the loss of or injury to the valuables of a guest shall not exceed $1,000. No innkeeper shall be required to accept valuables for custody in the safe or vault if their value exceeds $1,000, unless the acceptance is in writing.
No innkeeper shall be liable for the loss of or damage to baggage, parcels, packages or wearing material of a guest that has been delivered to the innkeeper for custody elsewhere than in the room assigned to the guest, or in the hotel safe or vault, unless the innkeeper has given the guest a check or receipt in writing evidencing the delivery. Except as otherwise provided in subdivision 6, the liability of an innkeeper for the loss of or damage to property delivered to the innkeeper for custody under this subdivision shall not exceed $1,000.
No innkeeper shall be liable for the loss of or damage to baggage or other receptacles of a guest, containing property of special value, and not suitable to be placed in the hotel safe or vault unless: (1) the property is delivered to the innkeeper for custody; (2) the guest, prior to the loss or damage, has filed with the innkeeper a written inventory of the property and its approximate value; (3) the innkeeper has been given an opportunity to inspect the property and to check it against the inventory; and (4) the innkeeper has given the guest a check or receipt evidencing the delivery. The liability of an innkeeper for the loss of or damage to property delivered for custody under this subdivision shall not exceed the actual value of the receptacle and its contents or the amount of the actual injury to the receptacle and its contents.
Except as otherwise provided, no innkeeper shall be liable in an amount exceeding $1,000 for the loss of or damage to personal property of a guest that is contained in the bedroom registered to the guest.
Except as otherwise provided, no innkeeper shall be liable for the loss of or damage to valuables or personal property of a guest that the guest has allowed to remain in the hotel after the relationship of innkeeper and guest has ceased, or that the guest has forwarded to the hotel before the relationship of innkeeper and guest has begun. If the valuables or personal property remain at the hotel for a period of at least ten days without having been claimed by the owner, the innkeeper has the right to deposit them in a storage warehouse, and to take a warehouse receipt in the name of the owner. An innkeeper who deposits valuables or personal property of a guest in a storage warehouse shall hold the warehouse receipt for the owner, and deliver it to the owner upon demand and upon payment of the costs of storage. The innkeeper may also dispose of abandoned, unclaimed property in the manner provided.
An innkeeper who, intentionally or negligently, causes the loss of or damage to valuables or property delivered for custody, to property contained in the assigned room of a guest, or to abandoned valuables or property not delivered to a storage warehouse, shall be liable to the guest for either the actual value of the valuables or the property, or the amount of the actual injury to the valuables or the property.

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M.S.A. § 327.72

A guest who intentionally continues to occupy an assigned room in a hotel beyond the scheduled departure date without the prior written approval of the innkeeper shall be deemed to be a trespasser.

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M.S.A. § 327.73

An innkeeper may remove or cause to be removed from a hotel a guest or other person who refuses or is unable to pay for accommodations or services; while on the premises of the hotel acts in an obviously intoxicated or disorderly manner, destroys or threatens to destroy hotel property, or causes or threatens to cause a disturbance; the innkeeper reasonably believes is using the premises for the unlawful possession or use of controlled substances by the person in violation of chapter 152, or using the premises for the consumption of alcohol by a person under the age of 21 years; the innkeeper reasonably believes has brought property into the hotel that may be dangerous to other persons, such as firearms or explosives; violates any federal, state, or local laws, ordinances, or rules relating to the hotel; or
violates a rule of the hotel that is clearly and conspicuously posted at or near the front desk and on the inside of the entrance door of every guest room.
If the guest has paid in advance, the innkeeper shall tender to the guest any unused portion of the advance payment at the time of removal.
An innkeeper may refuse to admit or refuse service or accommodations to a person who while on the premises of the hotel acts in an obviously intoxicated or disorderly manner, destroys or threatens to destroy hotel property, or causes or threatens to cause a public disturbance; the innkeeper reasonably believes is seeking accommodations for the unlawful possession or use of controlled substances or the use of the premises for the consumption of intoxicating liquor by a person under the age of 21 years; or the innkeeper reasonably believes is bringing property into the hotel that may be dangerous to other persons, such as firearms or explosives.
An innkeeper also may refuse to admit or refuse service or accommodations to a person who refuses or is unable to pay for the accommodations or services. An innkeeper may require the prospective guest to demonstrate an ability to pay. An innkeeper may require a parent or guardian of a minor to accept liability for the proper charges for the minor's accommodation, board, room, lodging, and any damages to the guest room or its furniture or furnishings caused by the minor, and provide a credit card to cover the charges. When the parent or guardian cannot provide a credit card, the innkeeper may require the parent or guardian to make an advance cash deposit to cover the charges for the guest room, plus a cash damage deposit in an amount not exceeding $100 for payment of any additional charges by the minor or any damages to the guest room or its furniture or furnishings. The innkeeper shall refund the damage deposit to the extent it is not used to cover any reasonable charges or damages.
An innkeeper may limit the number of persons who may occupy a particular guest room in the hotel.

Credit Surcharge

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M.S.A. § 325G.051

A seller or lessor of goods or services doing business in Minnesota may impose a surcharge on transactions in Minnesota with a customer who elects to use a credit or charge card in lieu of payment by cash, check, or similar means, provided:
(1) if the sale or lease of goods or services is processed in person, the seller or lessor informs the customer of the surcharge both orally at the time of sale and by a sign conspicuously posted on the seller's or lessor's premises;
(2) if the sale or lease of goods or services is processed through a website or mobile device, the seller or lessor informs the customer of the surcharge by conspicuously posting a surcharge notice during the sale, at the point of sale, on the customer order summary, or on the checkout page of the website;
(3) if the sale or lease of services is processed over the telephone, the seller or lessor informs the customer of the surcharge orally; and
(4) the surcharge does not exceed five percent of the purchase price.
A seller or lessor of goods or services that establishes and is responsible for the seller or lessor's own customer credit or charge card may not impose a surcharge on a customer who elects to use that credit or charge card in lieu of payment by cash, check, or similar means.

Guest Privacy

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M.S.A. § 327.10

Every person operating within this state a recreational camping area, lodging house, hotel or motel, or resort furnishing sleeping or overnight stopping accommodations for transient guests, shall provide and keep thereat a suitable guest register for the registration of all guests provided with sleeping accommodations or other overnight stopping accommodations thereat; and every such guest shall be registered therein. Upon the arrival of every such guest, the operator of the establishment shall require the guest to enter in such register, or enter for the guest therein, in separate columns provided in such register, the name and home address of the guest and every person, if any, with the guest as a member of the party; and if traveling by motor vehicle, the make of such vehicle, registration number, and other identifying letters or characters appearing on the official number plate carried thereon, including the name of the state issuing such official plate. Such registration shall be kept in an accurate and orderly manner and retained for one year so that the same will be always accessible for inspection by the proper authorities.

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M.S.A. § 327.11

Every person, upon arriving at any lodging house, recreational camping area, hotel or motel or other resort and applying for guest accommodations therein of the character, shall furnish to the operator or other attendant in charge of the establishment the registration information necessary to complete the registration, and shall not be provided with accommodations unless and until such information shall be so furnished.

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Maximum Guest Rate

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Missouri Statutes 419.040

It shall be the duty of every lodging establishment in this state to post a written or printed copy of the rates charged for each guest room in each guest room. If a different rate is charged for different rooms in such lodging establishment the rate posted in each room shall be the rate that applies to such room. This section shall not apply to lodging establishments that publish current rates electronically on a public internet platform or that do not have more than ten guests on an average each day.

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Missouri Statutes 315.067

A person operating a hotel, including all lodging establishments defined in section 315.005, may refuse or deny the use of a room, accommodations, facilities or other privileges of the hotel to any of the following:
(1) An individual who is unwilling or unable to pay for the room, accommodations, facilities, or other privileges of the hotel;
(2) An individual who is visibly intoxicated, under the influence of alcohol or other drug, and is disorderly so as to create a public nuisance;
(3) An individual who the hotel operator reasonably believes is seeking to use a room, accommodations, facilities or other privileges of the hotel for an unlawful purpose;
(4) An individual who the hotel operator reasonably believes is bringing in anything which may create an unreasonable danger or risk to other persons, including but not limited to explosives or the unlawful use of firearms;
(5) An individual whose use of the room, accommodations, facilities or other privileges of the hotel would result in a violation of the maximum capacity of such hotel.

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N.R.S. 447.090

Requires hotel guests to be provided with clean bedding, sheets, and pillow slips. New sheets and pillow slips must be supplied for each new guest.

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N.R.S. 447.020

Requires all bedding used in hotels to be kept clean from all filth or dirt.

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N.R.S. 447.040

Requires any hotel that is used for sleeping to be free from any and every kind of dirt or filth and that all walls, floors, ceilings, and doors in each room are free from dirt.

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N.R.S. 447.100

Requires any hotel room that is occupied by a person with a contagious or infectious disease to be fumigated and all bedding thoroughly disinfected before the room can be occupied by any other person. Additionally, any room occupied by a person with a contagious or infectious disease may not be let for at least 48 hours after fumigation or disinfection.

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N.R.S. 447.120

Every hotel with a public washstand or washbowl must keep a sufficient supply of clean, individual towels. This can include paper towels.

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N.R.S. 447.180

Requires every hotel to have sanitary facilities for the storage and disposal of garbage and prohibits garbage from being permitted to accumulate in a hotel.

Maximum Guest Rate

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N.R.S. 651.030

Every owner or keeper of any hotel, inn, motel or motor court in this state shall post in a conspicuous place in the office and in every bedroom of the establishment a printed copy of this section and NRS 651.010 and 651.020; and maintain a printed statement of the charge or rate of charges by the day for lodging and make the statement available for viewing, upon request, at the registration desk or an equivalent location in the establishment.
No charge or sum may be collected for any greater or other sum than the owner or keeper is entitled to charge pursuant to the general rules and regulations of the establishment.

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N.R.S. 651.040

The rates listed on the printed statement required to be maintained by an owner or keeper of an establishment must include the daily rate of the room for occupancy by one person and for occupancy by two persons; the additional charge, if any, for occupancy by each additional person over two persons; the additional charge, if any, for each additional bed provided in the room; and the additional charge, if any, to offset energy costs incurred by the establishment.
Every establishment shall maintain a registration card for each room and supply the person or persons registering for accommodations a receipt. Both the registration card and the receipt must reflect the type of accommodations supplied, the number of persons occupying the accommodation and the rate charged each person therefor. An establishment shall not charge more than the rates listed on the printed statement required to be maintained by an owner or keeper of an establishment.

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Landlord Tenant

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N.H. Rev. Stat. § 353:3-bb

Allows hotel managers to refuse or deny accommodation to anyone unable or unwilling to pay or any person under 18.

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15 Okl.St.Ann. § 503b

Except as provided for in Section 2 of this act,1 whenever the proprietor, manager or operator of any hotel, apartment hotel or inn shall have complied with the provisions of Section 1 of this act2 such proprietor, manager or operator shall not be liable for the loss of or damage to personal property brought into such hotel, apartment hotel or inn by any of the guests thereof exceeding $250 in value, whether such loss or damage is occasioned by the negligence of such proprietor, manager or operator, or his, her or its servants, or employees or otherwise; nor shall such proprietor, manager or operator be liable for the loss of or damages to any merchandise samples or merchandise for sale unless the guests bringing such merchandise into such hotel, apartment hotel or inn shall have given such proprietor, manager or operator prior written notice of having the same in his possession, together with the value thereof, and receipt of which notice shall have been acknowledged in writing, but in no event shall such liability exceed the sum of $100 for each trunk and its contents; the sum of $75 for each valise and its contents; the sum of $25 for each package, box or bundle; the sum of $50 for all other miscellaneous effects and property including wearing apparel, but in no event shall the total liability exceed the sum of $250, unless such proprietor, manager or operator shall have contracted in writing with such guest to assume a greater liability. In case of the loss of or damage to any property left in any hotel, apartment hotel or inn by a guest, after he has departed therefrom, and has ceased to be a guest thereof, the liability of such proprietor, manager or operator shall be that of “gratuitous bailee”, and in such case the extent of such liability shall be limited to not more than the sum of $50. In case of loss or damage to any property while being transported to or from any hotel, apartment hotel or inn by the proprietor, manager or operator thereof, for or on behalf of such guest, the liability of such proprietor, manager or operator shall be limited to the sum of $100 for each trunk and its contents; the sum of $75 for each valise and its contents; the sum of $25 for each package, box or bundle; the sum of $50 for all other miscellaneous effects and property, including wearing apparel, but in no event shall such liability exceed the sum of $250, unless such proprietor, manager or operator shall have contracted in writing with such guest to assume a greater liability.

Credit Surcharge

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Credit Surcharge
14A Okl.St.Ann. § 2-417

No seller in any sales transaction may impose a surcharge on a cardholder who elects to use a credit card or debit card in lieu of payment by cash, check or similar means.

Landlord Tenant

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Landlord Tenant
41 Okl.St.Ann. § 104

Excludes transient occupancy in a hotel or motel from landlord tenant law.

Sick Leave PTO

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Sick Leave PTO
40 Okl.St.Ann. § 160

Prohibits any state legislation or local ordinance from mandating a minimum number of vacation or sick leave days.

Housekeeping

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Housekeeping
Okla. Admin. Code 310:285-3-6

Requires bathrooms to be kept clean and stocked with towels, soap, and toilet paper

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Housekeeping
Okla. Admin. Code 310:285-3-7

Requires hotels to have waste containers that are emptied at least weekly and that exterior waste containers to be kept clean and covered.

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Housekeeping
Okla. Admin. Code 310:285-3-9

Requires guest rooms found to have evidence of rodents or other pests in a number to cause a public health nuisance to be closed to the public until the infestation has been eliminated.

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Landlord Tenant

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Landlord Tenant
SC Code § 45-2-30

Allows hotel managers to deny accommodations to individuals who are unable or unwilling to pay, are visibly intoxicated, creating a public nuisance, is believed to be seeking accommodations for an unlawful purpose, is believed to be bringing in an dangerous object such as a firearm or explosive, or where admitting them would exceed occupancy limits.

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Guest Privacy

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Guest Privacy
9 V.S.A. § 3101

Each keeper of a hotel, inn, lodging house, or roadside camp or cabin shall keep or cause to be kept a record in which shall be recorded the true name and residence of each person engaging or occupying a private room containing a bed or couch or opening into a room containing a bed or couch for any period of the day or night, in any part of the premises controlled by the owner, manager, or lessee. Each keeper shall preserve such registration record for three years.

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Guest Privacy
9 V.S.A. § 3102

A person shall not write, or cause to be written, or if in charge of the registration record, knowingly permit to be written, in any such registration record of any hotel, inn, lodging house, or roadside camp or cabin any other or different name or designation than the true name in ordinary use of the person registering or causing himself or herself to be registered therein. Nor shall any person occupying such room fail to register or fail to cause himself or herself to be so registered.

Landlord Tenant

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Landlord Tenant
9 V.S.A. § 4452

Excludes transient occupancy in a hotel or motel from landlord tenant law.

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Sick Leave PTO

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Sick Leave PTO
VA Code Ann. § 40.1-33.5

Details when sick leave can be used, including to care for an employee or family members physical or mental illness.

Housekeeping

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Housekeeping
12 VAC 5-431-290

Requires hotel facilities to be kept in clean conditions and in good repair.

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12 VAC 5-431-300

Requires hotel units, hallways, and store rooms used by guests to be clean and in good repair.

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Housekeeping
12 VAC 5-431-310

Requires walls and ceilings of lodging units, hallways, bathrooms, and store rooms used by guests to be clean and in good repair in a manner that minimizes dust.

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Innkeeper Laws

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Ga. Code Ann., § 43-21-11

No hotel, apartment hotel, or innkeeper shall be responsible in an amount in excess of $1,000.00 for the loss or theft of any valuables, including cash, jewelry, etc., which are contained in a package, box, bag, or other container left with the hotel proprietor or innkeeper to be placed in the safe or other depository of the hotel or inn, provided that the liability of the hotel or innkeeper may be increased to an amount in excess of $1,000.00 by a written contract entered into between the parties providing a greater liability; provided, further, that the contract shall not call for any additional cost to the guest.
A notice containing these provisions shall be posted in a conspicuous place in all rooms of the hotel occupied by guests.

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Guest Privacy

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N.J.A.C. 5:10–23.1

Every hotel and multiple dwelling containing rooming units shall maintain at all times a registry identifying the name of each occupant of each rooming unit, together with the principal residence address of each such occupant and the date upon which his occupancy of such rooming unit commenced, which registry shall be signed by the person renting the rooming unit.

Landlord Tenant

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Landlord Tenant
N.J.S.A. 2A:18-59.2

Excludes hotels and motels from eviction measures in state landlord tenant law.

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N.J.S.A. 2A:18-59.3

Excludes hotels and motels from eviction and foreclosure proceedings during public health or state of emergency declarations.

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