Hospitality Law Database
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There are no regulations for this jurisdiction and the selected filters.
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Innkeeper Laws
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.
Innkeeper Laws
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.
It shall be the duty of every hotel or innkeeper in this state to properly screen with wire cloth or gauze mesh not to be more than 1/32 the doors and windows of the kitchen and dining room, and all openings therein, of the inn or hotel.
It shall be the duty of every manager or person in charge of the conduct of any hotel or inn in this state to keep toilet rooms used in connection with the inn or hotel and provided for the use of guests or patrons of the inn or hotel in a clean and sanitary condition.
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.
Landlord Tenant
There is currently no Covid-19 eviction moratorium in California
Sick Leave PTO
Grants employees who work for the same employer for 30 or more days a year the right to sick leave; details how sick leave is accrue; details when sick leave can begin to be used; details annual rollover of unused sick leave; requires employers to provide employees with written notice of the amount of sick leave or paid time off available.
Details requirements for sick leave for the purposes of organ donations or bone marrow donation.
Requires employers to keep at least three years of records documented the number of hours worked and paid sick days accrued and used by an employee.
Innkeeper Laws
An innkeeper has the right to refuse or deny accommodations, facilities, and the privileges of a lodging establishment to any person who is not willing or able to pay for the accommodations, facilities, and services. The innkeeper shall have the right to require a prospective guest to demonstrate his or her ability to pay by cash, valid credit card, or a validated check, and if the prospective guest is a minor, the innkeeper may require a parent or legal guardian of the minor or other responsible adult to provide a valid credit card number or agree, in writing, to pay for the cost of the guest room, including applicable taxes; all charges made by the minor; and any damages caused by the minor or the minor's guests to the guest room or its furnishings; or to provide an advance cash payment to cover the cost of the guest room for all nights reserved, including applicable taxes, plus a cash deposit to be held toward the payment of any charges made by the minor and any damages to the guest room or its furnishings. The cash deposit shall be refunded, unless applied to charges or damages, following a joint inspection of the room. It is the obligation of the guest to join the innkeeper during the inspection. Should the guest fail to join the innkeeper, the guest thereby waives his or her right to the joint inspection. The refund, if any, shall immediately be made to the extent it is not used to cover the described charges or damages.
AI in Hiring
Employers that deploy “high-risk artificial intelligence systems” for "consequential decisions" such as job opportunities must take “reasonable care” to protect consumers from algorithmic discrimination. Applicants can correct data and appeal adverse decisions.
Credit Surcharge
A seller or lessor in any sales or lease transaction may impose a surcharge on a buyer who elects to use a credit or charge card not to exceed two percent of the total cost to the buyer with signage in a manner that is visible to customers or, for a sales or lease transaction made online, display before an online customer's completion of the sales or lease transaction in a manner that is visible to the online customer, or in an amount not to exceed the merchant discount fee that the seller or lessor incurs in processing the sales or lease transaction with signage visible to customers.
Landlord Tenant
Exempts hotels and motels from landlord tenant law for rooms rented for less than 30 days.
Sick Leave PTO
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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There are no regulations for this jurisdiction and the selected filters.
There are no regulations for this jurisdiction and the selected filters.
Innkeeper Laws
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.
There are no regulations for this jurisdiction and the selected filters.
There are no regulations for this jurisdiction and the selected filters.
There are no regulations for this jurisdiction and the selected filters.
AI in Hiring
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.
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.
There are no regulations for this jurisdiction and the selected filters.
There are no regulations for this jurisdiction and the selected filters.
There are no regulations for this jurisdiction and the selected filters.
There are no regulations for this jurisdiction and the selected filters.
Innkeeper Laws
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.
Innkeeper Laws
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.
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.
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.
Innkeeper Laws
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.
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.
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.
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.
Guest Privacy
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
Hotels and motels are not explicitly included or excluded from landlord tenant law.
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
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.
Credit Surcharge
No seller in any sales transaction may impose a surcharge on a cardholder who elects to use a credit card in lieu of payment by cash, check or similar means.
In connection with any Advertising or marketing, solicitation, or offer of Sale that is Targeted To or results in a Sale in Massachusetts, the following shall constitute an unfair and deceptive practice:
(1) misrepresenting or failing to disclose Clearly and Conspicuously, at the time of the initial presentation of the price of any Product, or any subsequent presentation thereafter, the Total Price of that Product;
(2) misrepresenting or failing to disclose Clearly and Conspicuously, at the time of the initial presentation of the Total Price of any Product: (a) the nature, purpose, and amount of any fees, charges, or other expenses that would be imposed on the transaction due to the purchase of that Product (excluding Shipping Charges and Government Charges); (b) for any fees, charges, or other expenses disclosed that are optional to the consumer or waivable by the seller, the fact that such fees, charges, or other expenses are optional to the consumer or waivable by the seller, as well as readily available instructions regarding how
to avoid such fees, charges, or other expenses.
(3) misrepresenting or failing to disclose Clearly and Conspicuously, in the final presentation of the price of any Product prior to the Sale of the Product: (a) the final transaction amount, inclusive of the Total Price for all Products purchased as part of the transaction and any applicable Shipping Charges and Government Charges; (b) the nature, purpose, and amount of any fees, charges, or other expenses that would be imposed on the transaction due to the purchase of that Product; (c) for any fees, charges, or other expenses disclosed that are optional to the consumer or waivable by the seller, the fact that such fees, charges, or other expenses are optional to the consumer or waivable by the seller, as well as readily available instructions regarding how to avoid such fees, charges or other expenses.
(4) failing to disclose Clearly and Conspicuously the Total Price of any Product prior to requiring a consumer to provide any personal information, including billing information, unless said information is collected specifically, and only to the extent necessary, to facilitate underwriting in connection with the Sale of the Product, determine the Product’s availability, determine whether the Sale of such Product to the consumer is legal, or compute an aspect of pricing previously approved by a Commonwealth insurance or financial regulatory agency;
(5) misrepresenting that any fees, charges, or other expenses or any portion thereof are required by law; and
(6) failing to display the Total Price of a Product more prominently than any other pricing information any time the disclosure of the Total Price is required, except for the final presentation of prices, wherein the most prominent pricing information shall be the final transaction amount.
In the rental or lease of a dwelling unit, it shall not constitute a violation for a seller to advertise the Total Price to rent or lease the dwelling unit as a dollar amount to be paid by the consumer on a periodic basis, such as monthly or on such other term as the seller intends the rent to be paid. In such circumstances, the seller must also disclose Clearly and Conspicuously the full period covered by the rental or lease.
Guest Privacy
Every innholder, and every lodging house keeper required so to do under section twenty-eight, and every person who shall conduct, control, manage or operate, directly or indirectly, any recreational camp, overnight camp or cabin, motel or manufactured housing community shall keep or cause to be kept, in permanent form, a register in which shall be recorded the true name or name in ordinary use and the residence of every person engaging or occupying a private room averaging less than four hundred square feet floor area, excepting a private dining room not 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 licensee, together with a true and accurate record of the room assigned to such person and of the day and hour when such room is assigned. The entry of the names of the person engaging a room and of the occupants of said room shall be made by said person engaging said room or by an occupant thereof, except that when five or more members of a business, fraternal, or social group or other group having a common interest are engaging rooms, they may designate one person to make said entry on their behalf and prior to occupancy. Until the entry of such name and the record of the room has been made, such person shall not be allowed to occupy privately any room upon the licensed premises. Such register shall be retained by the holder of the license for a period of at least one year after the date of the last entry therein, and shall be open to the inspection of the licensing authorities, their agents and the police. Whoever violates any provision of this section shall be punished by a fine of not less than one hundred nor more than five hundred dollars or by imprisonment for not more than three months, or both.
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Sick Leave PTO
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.
Requires employers to grant paid leaves of absence to employees undergoing a medical procedure for organ donation.
Requires employers to grant 12 weeks of leave, which can be unpaid, following the birth or adoption of a child.
Housekeeping
Regulations for lodging establishments, including various cleaning requirements for bidding, floors, and common areas
Innkeeper Laws
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.
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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Innkeeper Laws
An owner or operator of a hotel shall post a copy of sections 315.067 to 315.079, in addition to any rules established by the owner or operator of the hotel, in a conspicuous place at or near the guest registration desk and in each room of the hotel.
No lodging establishment in this state is liable for the loss of any money, jewelry, wearing apparel, baggage or other property of a guest in a total sum greater than two hundred dollars, unless the lodging establishment by an agreement in writing individually, or by the authorized agent or clerk in charge of the office of the lodging establishment, voluntarily assumes a greater liability with reference to such property. As regards money, jewelry or baggage, a lodging establishment is not liable in any event for the loss thereof or damage thereto, unless the same was actually delivered by the guest to him or his authorized agent, or clerk, in the office of the lodging establishment, and the receipt thereof acknowledged by the delivery to the guest of a claim check of the lodging establishment, unless the loss or damage occurs through the willful negligence or wrongdoing of the lodging establishment, his servants or employees. This section shall be posted in a conspicuous manner at the guest registration desk and in every guest room thereof, and unless so posted the same does not apply in the case of a lodging establishment failing to post same.
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Innkeeper Laws
An owner or keeper of any hotel, inn, motel, motor court, boardinghouse or lodging house in this State is not civilly liable for the theft, loss, damage or destruction of a motor vehicle brought by a patron upon the premises or left upon the premises, because of theft, burglary, fire or otherwise, in the absence of gross neglect by the owner or keeper.
Every owner or keeper of any hotel, inn, motel, motor court, or boardinghouse or lodging house in this State shall have the right to evict from such premises anyone who acts in a disorderly manner, or who destroys the property of any such owner or keeper, or who causes a public disturbance in or upon such premises.
Landlord Tenant
Excludes occupancy in a hotel or motel for less than 30 consecutive days from landlord tenant law.
Allows innkeepers to evict guests who are disorderly or destroying property.
Sick Leave PTO
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.
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.
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
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.
Innkeeper Laws
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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Innkeeper Laws
An innkeeper or keeper of a boarding house is liable for all losses of, or injuries to, personal property placed by his guests or boarders under his care, unless occasioned by an irresistible superhuman cause, by a public enemy, by the negligence of the owner, or by the act of someone whom he brought into the inn or boarding house, and upon such property the innkeeper or keeper of a boarding house has a lien and a right of detention for the payment of such amount as may be due him for lodging, fare, boarding, or other necessaries by such guest or boarder; and the said lien may be enforced by a sale of the property in the manner prescribed for the sale of pledged property.
It shall be the duty of the proprietor, manager, or operator of any hotel, apartment hotel, or inn to equip the doors of all guest rooms in any hotel, apartment hotel or inn operated by him, with suitable night latches, night chains, or bolts, so placed on the inside of such doors, as to prevent such doors from being opened from the outside by key or otherwise.
Whenever the proprietor, manager or operator of any hotel, apartment hotel or inn shall provide a safe, vault or other depository for the safekeeping of any money, jewels, ornaments, bank notes, bonds, negotiable securities, or other valuable papers, precious stones, railroad tickets, articles of gold or silver manufacture, or other valuable property of small compass, belonging to guests of said hotel, apartment hotel or inn, and shall notify the guests thereof by posting a notice in a public and conspicuous place and manner in the office or public rooms, or in the public parlors, or in the guest rooms for said hotel, apartment hotel or inn, stating the fact that such safe, vault or other depository is provided, in which such property may be deposited, and if such guests shall neglect to deliver such property to the person in charge of such office, for deposit in such safe, vault or other depository, the proprietor, manager or operator of such hotel, apartment hotel or inn shall not be liable for any loss of any such property, sustained by such guest, whether by negligence of such proprietor, manager or operator, or his, her, or its servants, or employees, or by fire, theft, burglary or any other cause. Such guest shall, at the time of delivering such property to the person in charge of the office of such hotel, apartment hotel or inn, advise such person of the actual value of such property, and no proprietor, manager or operator or person in charge of the office of such hotel, apartment hotel or inn shall be required to receive property on deposit for safekeeping exceeding $300 in value; and in case of loss of any such property so deposited for safekeeping, the proprietor, manager or operator of such hotel, apartment hotel or inn shall be liable only for the actual market or pecuniary value of such property, in no event exceeding the sum of $300. Provided, that the proprietor, manager or operator of any hotel, apartment hotel or inn may, by special agreement in writing with any such guest or guests, receive property of greater value than $300 and assume liability as shall be provided for in such written agreement.
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
With respect to all sales transactions, a discount which a seller offers, allows or otherwise makes available for the purpose of inducing payment by cash, check or similar means rather than by use of an open-end credit card account shall not constitute a credit service charge. No seller in any sales transaction may impose a surcharge on a cardholder who elects an open-end credit card or debit card account instead of paying by cash, check or similar means.
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
Excludes transient occupancy in a hotel or motel from landlord tenant law.
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Innkeeper Laws
Nothing in this chapter prohibits an innkeeper from denying accommodations to a guest or ejecting a guest for any valid nondiscriminatory reason not otherwise provided in this chapter.
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Guest Privacy
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.
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
Excludes transient occupancy in a hotel or motel from landlord tenant law.
Innkeeper Laws
It shall be the duty of any person owning or operating a hotel to exercise due care and diligence in providing honest and competent employees and to take reasonable precautions to protect the persons and property of the guests of the hotel. No hotel shall be held liable in a sum greater than $300 for the loss of any wearing apparel, baggage, or other property not hereinafter mentioned belonging to a guest when such loss takes place from the room or rooms occupied by the guest.
Unless the loss shall take place from the office of the hotel after the valuables are deposited there, no hotel shall be liable for any loss by any guest of jewelry, money, or other valuables of like nature belonging to any guest if the hotel shall have posted in the room or rooms of the guest in a conspicuous place, and in the office of the hotel, a notice stating that jewelry, money, and other valuables of like nature must be deposited in the office of the hotel. The hotel shall not be obligated to receive from any one guest for deposit in such office any property hereinbefore described exceeding a total value of $500.
Each guest's room shall have suitable locks on its doors and windows unless permanently secured. If a guest fails to lock the doors or windows of his room, the hotel shall not be liable for any property taken from the room in consequence of such failure on the part of the guest. The burden of proof shall be upon the operator of the hotel to show that he complied with the provisions of this section and that the guest failed to comply with these requirements.
In the case of loss by fire or overwhelming disaster, a hotel shall exercise ordinary and reasonable care in the custody of the baggage or other property of its guests, but in no case shall the hotel's liability exceed $250 to any one guest unless the negligence of the hotel was the cause of the fire or overwhelming disaster.
No liability shall attach to any hotel for the baggage, hats, umbrellas, coats, or other wearing apparel of a guest until the same is placed by the guest in the actual custody of an employee of the hotel. The mere depositing of such baggage, hats, umbrellas, coats, or other wearing apparel inside the hotel shall not be construed as putting in actual custody until taken in charge by the hotel or its employee, or properly placed in a room or rooms assigned to the guest.
Nothing contained in this section shall be construed so as to change or alter the principles of law concerning a hotel's liability to a guest or other person for personal injury, nor to exempt in anywise the owner or operator of a hotel from being liable for the value of any property of guests taken or stolen from any room therein by any employee or agent of the hotel.
A notice of the provisions of this section shall be posted conspicuously in each guest's room.
Guest Privacy
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, general or special, any locality may, by ordinance, establish a short-term rental registry and require operators within the locality to register annually. The registration shall be ministerial in nature and shall require the operator to provide the complete name of the operator, the address of each property in the locality offered for short-term rental by the operator, and an attestation that the property owner has granted permission for use of such property as a short-term rental if the operator is a lessee or sublessee. A locality may charge a reasonable fee for such registration related to the actual costs of establishing and maintaining the registry.
Landlord Tenant
Excludes individuals staying in a hotel, motel, extended stay facility, or vacation residential facility from landlord tenant law if that lodging is not their primary residence and if they are there for 90 days or less.
Sick Leave PTO
Requires that all employees accrue at least one hour of paid sick leave for every 30 hours worked up to a maximum of 40 hours per year unless the employer sets a higher limit.
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Innkeeper Laws
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
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
Excludes hotels and motels from eviction measures in state landlord tenant law.
Excludes hotels and motels from eviction and foreclosure proceedings during public health or state of emergency declarations.
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