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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. § 20-26-303

The liability of the keeper of any inn or hotel, whether individual, partnership, or corporation, for loss of, or injury to, personal property placed by his or her guest under his or her care, other than that described in the preceding sections, shall be that of a depository for hire, except that in case the loss or injury is caused by fire, explosion, vehicle damage, or aircraft damage not intentionally produced by the innkeeper or his or her servants, or by acts of God, the innkeeper shall not be liable, unless the loss is intentionally or negligently caused by the innkeeper or his or her servants. In no case shall liability exceed the sum of $300 for each trunk and its contents, $100 for each valise and its contents, and $25 for each box, bundle, or package and its contents, so placed under his or her care, and all other miscellaneous effects including wearing apparel and personal belongings, $100, unless he or she shall have consented in writing with the guest to assume a definite liability.

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A.C.A. § 20-26-304

Whenever any person shall allow his or her baggage or property to remain in any inn or hotel, after leaving it as a guest, and after the relation of innkeeper and guest between the guest and the proprietors of the inn or hotel has ceased, or shall forward it to the inn or hotel before becoming a guest thereof, and it shall be received into the inn or hotel, an innkeeper may, at his or her option, hold the baggage or property at the owner's risk.

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A.C.A. § 20-26-305

The keeper of any inn, hotel, rooming house, or boardinghouse, whether individual, partnership, corporation, or private home, shall have a lien on the baggage and other property in and about the inn, hotel, rooming house, boardinghouse, or private home belonging to or under the control of his or her guests or boarders for the proper charges due him or her from guests or boarders for the accommodation, board, and lodging, for all moneys paid for or advanced to them not to exceed the sum of $200, and for other extras that are furnished at their request. An innkeeper, hotel, rooming house, or boardinghouse keeper, or owner of a private home shall have the right to detain baggage and other property until the amount of charges is paid.
The baggage and other property shall be exempt from attachment or execution until the innkeeper's lien and the costs of satisfying it are satisfied.
The innkeeper or hotelkeeper shall retain baggage and other property upon which he or she has a lien for a period of 90 days. At the expiration of that time, if the lien is not satisfied, he or she may sell the baggage and other property at public auction, after giving 10 days' notice of the time and place of sale in a newspaper of circulation in the county where the inn or hotel is situated; and mailing a copy of the notice addressed to the guest or boarder at the place of residence registered by him or her in the register of the inn or hotel.

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A.C.A. § 20-26-401

It shall be the duty of every hotel or innkeeper in this state to furnish clean and fresh bed linens, unused by any other person or guest since the last laundering of the bed linens, on all beds assigned to the use of any guest or patron of the inn, or hotel, and any proprietor, lessee, manager, or agent of any inn, or hotel, or clerk in it, who shall fail or refuse to comply with the foregoing provisions and requirements shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.

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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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Cal.Civ.Code § 1860

If an innkeeper keeps a fireproof safe, there shall be no liability for lost items if notice is given to a guest, either personally or by printed notice in the office or room, and in any case is not liable for more than $500.

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Cal.Civ.Code § 1865

An innkeeper has the right to evict a guest if the guest refuses to depart the guest room at checkout time if the guest is provided written notice and the innkeeper has a contractual obligation to provide the room to an arriving person.

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Cal.Civ.Code § 1865

Where a minor unaccompanied by an adult seeks accommodations, the innkeeper may require a parent or guardian of the minor, or another responsible adult, to assume, in writing, full liability for any and all proper charges and other obligations incurred by the minor for accommodations, food and beverages, and other services provided by or through the innkeeper, as well as for any and all injuries or damage caused by the minor to any person or property.

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Sick Leave PTO

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C.R.S.A. § 8-13.3-403

Requires all employers in Colorado to provide at least one hour of paid sick leave for every 30 hours worked. Notes that employees are entitled to use no more than 48 hours of sick leave each year unless their employer selects a higher limit.

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C.R.S.A. § 8-13.3-404

Details how sick leave can be used, including for the employee to care for themselves or a family member with a physical or mental illness, to diagnose a condition, or obtain preventative care.

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C.R.S.A. § 8-13.3-405

Requires that when a public health emergency is declared, employers must supplement each employee's accrued paid sick leave as necessary to ensure that employees can take paid sick leave as specified.

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C.R.S.A. § 8-13.3-408

Requires employers to notify employees that they are entitled to paid sick leave and the when they can use paid sick leave. This can be done by providing an employee with a written notice or displaying a poster with with this information in a conspicuous and accessible location in each location where the employer's employees work.

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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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F.S.A. § 509.111

The operator of a public lodging establishment is not under any obligation to accept for safekeeping any moneys, securities, jewelry, or precious stones of any kind belonging to any guest, and, if such are accepted for safekeeping, the operator is not liable for the loss thereof unless such loss was the proximate result of fault or negligence of the operator. However, the liability of the operator shall be limited to $1,000 for such loss, if the public lodging establishment gave a receipt for the property (stating the value) on a form which stated, in type large enough to be clearly noticeable, that the public lodging establishment was not liable for any loss exceeding $1,000 and was only liable for that amount if the loss was the proximate result of fault or negligence of the operator.
The operator of a public lodging establishment is not liable or responsible to any guest for the loss of wearing apparel, goods, or other property, except as provided in subsection (1), unless such loss occurred as the proximate result of fault or negligence of such operator, and, in case of fault or negligence, the operator is not liable for a greater sum than $500, unless the guest, prior to the loss or damage, files with the operator an inventory of the guest's effects and the value thereof and the operator is given the opportunity to inspect such effects and check them against such inventory. The operator of a public lodging establishment is not liable or responsible to any guest for the loss of effects listed in such inventory in a total amount exceeding $1,000.

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Housekeeping

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50 ILCS 820/5

Bed and breakfasts must provide individual soap as well as clean bath cloths and towels. This only applies to bed and breakfasts which are defined as operator-occupied residence providing accommodations for a charge to the public with no more than 5 guest rooms for rent, in operation for more than 10 nights in a 12 month period.

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740 ILCS 90/1

Whenever the proprietor or manager of any hotel provides a safe or vault in a convenient place, for the safekeeping of any money, jewels, ornaments, bank notes, bonds, negotiable security, or other valuable papers, precious stones, railroad tickets, articles of silver or gold, or any other valuable property and personal effects of small compass, belonging to or brought in by the guests of such hotel, and notifies the guests thereof by posting notices in not less than 10 conspicuous places in such hotel stating the fact that such safe place is provided in which such articles may be deposited, if such guests neglect or fail to deliver such property to the person in charge of such safe or vault for deposit therein, then the liability of such hotel, the proprietor or manager thereof, for any and all loss or damage to such property or effects sustained by such guest is limited to such loss or damage as may result from the fault or negligence of such proprietor or manager or of his agents or employees, but in no event is such hotel, the proprietor or manager thereof, liable for loss or damage in an amount exceeding $250, regardless of whether such loss or damage is occasioned by theft, the fault or negligence of such proprietor or manager or of his agents or otherwise. If such guests deliver such property to the person in charge of such safe or vault for deposit therein, such hotel, the proprietor or manager thereof, is not liable for the loss of or damage to such property sustained by such guest or other owner thereof in any amount exceeding the sum of $500, regardless of whether such loss or damage is occasioned by theft, the fault or negligence of such proprietor or manager or his agents or employees or otherwise, notwithstanding such property may be of greater value, unless such proprietor or manager has entered into a special agreement in writing with the guest agreeing to assume additional liability.

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Innkeeper Laws

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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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Landlord Tenant

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30-A M.R.S.A. § 3837

Allows hotel managers to request that any person on the premises causing unnecessary disturbances or who is damaging or destroying property leave the premises or use a reasonable degree of force to remove a person from the premises. If an individual refuses to leave, law enforcement may be called to remove the person.

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30-A M.R.S.A. § 3838

Allows accommodations to be refused to individuals who are unable or unwilling to pay, individuals under 18 years of age, the manager reasonably believes an individual is bringing i property that may be dangerous to others such as firearms or explosives, or when occupancy limits would be exceeded.

Sick Leave PTO

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26 M.R.S.A. § 636

Notes that employers who provide paid leave must offer at least 40 hours of paid leave in a 12 month period and provides other requirements for employers who elect to provide paid leave.

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MD Code, Business Regulation, § 15-203

An innkeeper may refuse to provide lodging or services to or may remove from a lodging establishment an individual who refuses to pay or is unable to pay for lodging or services; while on the premises of the lodging establishment is under the influence of alcohol, drugs, or other intoxicating substance so as to create a public nuisance; while on the premises is disorderly so as to create a public nuisance;
destroys, damages, or defaces property of the lodging establishment or its guests, or threatens to do so; the innkeeper reasonably believes is using the lodging establishment for the unlawful possession or use of a controlled dangerous substance for the consumption of alcohol by an individual under the age of 21 years; the innkeeper reasonably believes possesses property that may be dangerous to other individuals, such as firearms or explosives; or refuses to abide by any conspicuously posted rule or policy of the lodging establishment.
If an innkeeper seeks to remove an individual from a lodging establishment as provided under this section, the innkeeper shall notify the individual, either orally or in writing, that the lodging establishment refuses to provide further lodging or services to the individual and that the individual should immediately leave the lodging establishment; and if the individual has paid for lodging or services in advance, refund any unused portion of the advance payment, but the lodging establishment may withhold payment for a full day's lodging if the individual was lodged for a portion of a day.
If an individual attempts to remain in a lodging establishment after having been requested to leave under the provisions of this section, an innkeeper may if the individual is a guest, lock the door of the individual's room; remove the individual's baggage and other personal property; and using no more force than necessary, eject the individual from the lodging establishment.

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MD Code, Business Regulation, § 15-204

An innkeeper may require a prospective guest to demonstrate an ability to pay by cash or valid credit card. An innkeeper may require each guest at a lodging establishment to register and may require the guest to produce a valid driver's license; a valid military identification card; a valid passport; or any valid government issued identification card.
An innkeeper may limit the number of individuals who may occupy a particular guest room in a lodging establishment.

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MD Code, Business Regulation, § 15-205

For an individual who is under the age of 18 years, an innkeeper may require a parent or guardian of the individual to accept liability for the charges for the individual's lodging and any damages to the lodging establishment caused by the individual; and provide a valid credit card or make an advance cash damage deposit of not more than $500 to cover any charges incurred or damages caused by the individual.
(b) If an innkeeper requires an advance deposit under subsection (a) of this section, the innkeeper shall, following a room inspection at the time of checkout, refund any amount of the deposit not needed to cover reasonable charges for damages.

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MD Code, Business Regulation, § 15-206

An innkeeper shall post a copy of this subtitle, together with all rules of the lodging establishment, in a conspicuous place at or near the guest registration desk and in each guest room.

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MD Code, Business Regulation, § 15-209

An innkeeper shall establish and maintain a computerized record-keeping system of all guest transactions and receipts. A record maintained in accordance with this section shall be retained by the innkeeper for not less than 6 months after the date of the creation of the record.

Landlord Tenant

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MD Code, Real Property, § 8-101 et. seq.

Hotels and motels are not explicitly included or excluded from landlord tenant law.

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MD Code, Business Regulation, § 15-203

Allows innkeepers to refuse to provide lodging or remove an individual from a lodginging establishment if they are unable to r refuse to pay for services, are under the influence of drugs or alcohol and creating a public nuisance, destroy or damage property, are in unlawful possession of dangerous substances, are reasonably believed to possess firearms or explosives, or refuse to abide by establishment rules. Allows individuals to be notified of removal either orally or in writing. Allows innkeeper's to lock the door to an individual's room, remove their personal property, and use no more force than necessary to eject an individual from a lodging establishment if they refuse to leave.

AI in Hiring

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MD Code, Labor and Employment, § 3-717

Prohibits an employer from using a facial recognition service for the purpose of creating a facial template during an applicant’s interview for employment unless an applicant consents.

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Landlord Tenant

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M.G.L.A. 186 § 1A et. seq.

Hotels and motels are not explicitly included or excluded from landlord tenant law.

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M.G.L.A. 140 § 12B

Allows guests to be removed from a hotel if they refuse or are unable to pay, are obviously intoxicated or disorderly, destroy property, cause a disturbance, or violate a hotel rule.

Sick Leave PTO

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M.G.L.A. 149 § 148C

Requires all employees who work in Massachusetts who must miss work for specific reasons are entitled to use earned sick time. Reasons for taking sick leave include caring for a family member, seeking treatment for a physical or mental illness, attending doctors appointments, and addressing the psychological effects of domestic violence. Requires that employers provide at least one hour of paid sick time for every 30 hours an employee works.

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Landlord Tenant

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M.S.A. § 327.72

Notes that guesses who intentionally continue to occupy a hotel room after their scheduled departure without written approval of the hotel manager are considered trespassers.

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M.S.A. § 327.73

Allows hotel managers to remove guesses who refuse or are unable to pay for accommodations, are obviously intoxicated or disorderly, destroy or threaten to destroy property, cause a disturbance, are in possession of a controlled substance, are under 21 and using alcohol on the premises, have brought in a dangerous object such as a firearm or explosive, or violate any hotel rule.

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M.S.A. § 181.032

Requires employers to provide written notice to employees at the start of employment information on vacation, sick time, and other paid time off.

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M.S.A. § 181.945

Requires employers to grant paid leaves of absence to employer when are undergoing a medical procedure to donate bone marrow.

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M.S.A. § 181.92

Requires employers that offer time off for biological parents to also grant time off, with or without pay, to adoptive parents for at least four weeks.

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M.S.A. § 181.9456

Requires employers to grant paid leaves of absence to employees undergoing a medical procedure for organ donation.

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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.

Innkeeper Laws

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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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Sick Leave PTO

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N.R.S. 608.0197

Requires every employer in private employment to provide paid leave to employees and details how paid leave can accrue. Allows employers to limit the amount of paid leave used to 40 hours per year. Requires employers to provide each employee on each payday an accounting of the hours of paid leave they have available.

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N.R.S. 608.01975

Requires employer to allow sick leave to be used to assist or care for a family member with a medical need. Also requires employers to hang a bulletin prepared by the Labor Commissioner with information stating that sick leave can be used to care for family members.

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N.R.S. 608.0198

Requires that employees who have been employed for at least 90 days and who is a victim of domestic violence is entitled to no more than 160 hours of leave in a 12 month period to seek treatment, counseling, or attend court proceedings related to domestic violence.

Housekeeping

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N.R.S. 447.045

Requires toilet rooms and bathrooms as well as other rooms, corridors, stairways, elevators, fire escapes, and garages in hotels to be kept in a clean and sanitary condition.

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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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Innkeeper Laws

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N.H. Rev. Stat. § 353:3-c

All hotel keepers and all persons keeping public lodging houses or cabins may remove or cause to be removed from such establishment any guest remaining in a rental unit in violation of the law by notifying such guest that the establishment no longer desires to entertain him or her and requesting that the guest immediately leave. Any guest who remains or attempts to remain in a rental unit after being so requested to leave shall be guilty of a violation.
All hotel keepers and persons keeping public lodging houses, cabins, or any rental unit may immediately remove or cause to be immediately removed by any law enforcement officer of this state, any guest who willfully denies other guests their right to quiet enjoyment of their tenancies, including but not limited to any guest who disturbs, threatens, or endangers other guests; is less than 21 years of age and possesses alcohol; possesses illegal drugs; 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; or violates any local or state law.
The right to remove, or cause to be removed, shall arise after the hotel keeper or person keeping a public lodging house, or cabin, or their agents makes a reasonable attempt to verbally warn said guest to cease and desist said breach of quiet enjoyment or violation of local or state law. Upon such immediate eviction, the guest shall be refunded the unused portion of his or her pre-paid rental fee less damage charges for his or her actions.
Any law enforcement officer of this state, upon request of a hotel keeper, or person keeping a public lodging house, or cabin, shall place under arrest and take into custody any guest who violates this section in the presence of the officer. Upon arrest, the guest shall be deemed to have abandoned his right of occupancy of the rental unit and the operator of the establishment may then make such unit available to other guests. The operator of said establishment shall employ all reasonable means to protect any personal property left on the premises by such guest.

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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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41 Okl.St.Ann. § 104

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

Sick Leave PTO

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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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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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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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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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Maximum Guest Rate

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South Carolina Code § 45-1-10

Every transient hotel shall keep posted in a conspicuous place in the office a list of its charges for rooms, with or without meals, in accordance with the plan on which the hotel is operated, giving the exact transient rate, and shall also keep posted in each room the rate for that room, with or without meals, in accordance with its plan as stated above, giving the transient rate per day and week and the rate for each person in the room, as well as such rates for the fractional part of a day. No hotel shall charge a higher rate for a fractional part of a day than for a whole day.

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Housekeeping

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Vt. Admin. Code 12-5-29:1.0 et. seq.

Establishes rules for lodging establishments and generally requires common area and guest rooms to be kept clean and in good repair

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Vt. Admin. Code 12-5-29:11.0

Requires that guest rooms be kept clean and in good repair.

Innkeeper Laws

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Innkeeper Laws
9 V.S.A. § 3141

If an innkeeper or hotel keeper provides a safe in his or her inn or hotel for the safekeeping of money, jewelry, and valuable papers and articles belonging to the guests of such inn or hotel and gives notice thereof by posting in a conspicuous place in the office and public parlors of such inn or hotel the fact that such safe is provided in which such property may be deposited, and a guest neglects to deliver or deposit therein any such property to the person apparently in charge of the office, such innkeeper or hotel keeper shall not be liable for the loss of any such property sustained by such guests, unless such loss occurs through want of ordinary care and diligence of such innkeeper or hotel keeper.

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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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Housekeeping
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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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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Maximum Guest Rate

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Maximum Guest Rate
N.J.S.A. 29:4-7

Every person engaged in the business of furnishing public lodging accommodations in a hotel shall post in a conspicuous place or manner in each and every guest room, a printed copy of this act and a statement of the range of rates charged by the hotel, including seasonal rates.

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Maximum Guest Rate
N.J.A.C. 5:10–23.1

Every hotel and multiple dwelling containing rooming units shall not have posted on any advertising sign, or placed before the public in any advertising matter or information pertaining to such hotel or multiple dwelling, any rates for accommodation in such hotel or multiple dwelling unless there are available therein, when vacant, accommodations for immediate occupancy at the advertised rate and have posted in a conspicuous place or manner in each rooming unit a statement of the range of rates charged by the hotel or multiple dwelling, including seasonal rates, and a legible printed copy of P.L. 1967, c.95 (N.J.S.A. 29:4–5 et seq.).

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N.J.S.A. 29:2-2

If the proprietor of any hotel shall provide a safe or other depository in the hotel's office or in another convenient place, for the safekeeping of any valuables belonging to guests of the hotel, and shall place, in a conspicuous position in the room or rooms occupied by each guest, a notice stating the fact that a safe or other depository is provided in which valuables may be deposited, and any guest shall neglect to deliver valuables to the person in charge of the safe or other depository, the proprietor of the hotel shall not be liable in any sum for the loss of valuables sustained by that guest, by theft or otherwise. If a guest shall deliver valuables to the person in charge of the office of the hotel for deposit in the safe or other depository, the hotel proprietor shall not be liable for any loss sustained by that guest, by theft or otherwise, in any sum exceeding $5,000, unless by special agreement in writing between a guest and the proprietor in which the proprietor agrees to accept liability for losses in excess of $5,000. In all cases of loss, the burden shall be on the guest to prove the amount of loss.

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