§486K-5  Hotelkeeper's liability for
personal property.  (a)  No hotelkeeper shall be liable in any sum to any
guest of the hotel for the loss of wearing apparel, goods, merchandise, or
other personal property not mentioned in section 486K-4, unless it appears that
the loss occurred through the fault or negligence of the hotelkeeper.



(b)  No hotelkeeper shall be liable in any
event in any sum for the loss of any article or articles of wearing apparel,
cane, umbrella, satchel, valise, bag, box, bundle, or other chattel belonging
to any guest of, or in, any hotel, and not within a room or rooms assigned to
the guest, unless the same is specially entrusted to the care and custody of
the keeper or the keeper's duly authorized agent.  If so specially entrusted with
any such article belonging to the guest, the keeper shall not be liable for the
loss of the article in any sum exceeding $500; provided that the keeper's
liability may be in excess of $500 by special agreement in writing with the
keeper or the keeper's duly authorized representative. [L 1978, c 234, pt of
§3; gen ch 1985; am L 2008, c 19, §65]



 



Case Notes



 



  Hotelkeeper's common law liability as insurer has been
abrogated; liability in case of entrusted property limited to statutory
amount.  44 H. 59, 352 P.2d 335.