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§72‑7.1.  Admittance of pets to hotel rooms.

(a)        Innkeepers maypermit pets in rooms used for sleeping purposes and in adjoining rooms. Persons bringing pets into a room in which they are not permitted are inviolation of this section and punishable according to subsection (d) of thissection.

(b)        Innkeepers allowingpets must post a sign measuring not less than five inches by seven inches atthe place where guests register informing them pets are permitted in sleepingrooms and in adjoining rooms.  If certain pets are permitted or prohibited, thesign must so state.  If any pets are permitted, the innkeeper must maintain aminimum of ten percent (10%) of the sleeping rooms in the inn or hotel as roomswhere pets are not permitted and the sign required by this subsection must alsostate that such rooms are available.

(c)        All sleeping roomsin which the innkeeper permits pets must contain a sign measuring not less thanfive inches by seven inches, posted in a prominent place in the room, whichshall be separate from the sign required by G.S. 72‑6, stating that petsare permitted in the room, or whether certain pets are prohibited or permittedin the room, and stating that bringing pets into a room in which they are notpermitted is a Class 3 misdemeanor.

(d)        Any personviolating the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a Class 3misdemeanor.

(e)        The provisions ofthis section are not applicable to assistance dogs admitted to sleeping roomsand adjoining rooms under the provisions of Chapter 168 of the GeneralStatutes.  (1991, c. 663, s. 2; 1993, c. 539, ss. 544, 545; 1994,Ex. Sess., c. 14, ss. 41, 42; c. 24, s. 14(c).)

State Codes and Statutes

Statutes > North-carolina > Chapter_72 > GS_72-7_1

§72‑7.1.  Admittance of pets to hotel rooms.

(a)        Innkeepers maypermit pets in rooms used for sleeping purposes and in adjoining rooms. Persons bringing pets into a room in which they are not permitted are inviolation of this section and punishable according to subsection (d) of thissection.

(b)        Innkeepers allowingpets must post a sign measuring not less than five inches by seven inches atthe place where guests register informing them pets are permitted in sleepingrooms and in adjoining rooms.  If certain pets are permitted or prohibited, thesign must so state.  If any pets are permitted, the innkeeper must maintain aminimum of ten percent (10%) of the sleeping rooms in the inn or hotel as roomswhere pets are not permitted and the sign required by this subsection must alsostate that such rooms are available.

(c)        All sleeping roomsin which the innkeeper permits pets must contain a sign measuring not less thanfive inches by seven inches, posted in a prominent place in the room, whichshall be separate from the sign required by G.S. 72‑6, stating that petsare permitted in the room, or whether certain pets are prohibited or permittedin the room, and stating that bringing pets into a room in which they are notpermitted is a Class 3 misdemeanor.

(d)        Any personviolating the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a Class 3misdemeanor.

(e)        The provisions ofthis section are not applicable to assistance dogs admitted to sleeping roomsand adjoining rooms under the provisions of Chapter 168 of the GeneralStatutes.  (1991, c. 663, s. 2; 1993, c. 539, ss. 544, 545; 1994,Ex. Sess., c. 14, ss. 41, 42; c. 24, s. 14(c).)


State Codes and Statutes

State Codes and Statutes

Statutes > North-carolina > Chapter_72 > GS_72-7_1

§72‑7.1.  Admittance of pets to hotel rooms.

(a)        Innkeepers maypermit pets in rooms used for sleeping purposes and in adjoining rooms. Persons bringing pets into a room in which they are not permitted are inviolation of this section and punishable according to subsection (d) of thissection.

(b)        Innkeepers allowingpets must post a sign measuring not less than five inches by seven inches atthe place where guests register informing them pets are permitted in sleepingrooms and in adjoining rooms.  If certain pets are permitted or prohibited, thesign must so state.  If any pets are permitted, the innkeeper must maintain aminimum of ten percent (10%) of the sleeping rooms in the inn or hotel as roomswhere pets are not permitted and the sign required by this subsection must alsostate that such rooms are available.

(c)        All sleeping roomsin which the innkeeper permits pets must contain a sign measuring not less thanfive inches by seven inches, posted in a prominent place in the room, whichshall be separate from the sign required by G.S. 72‑6, stating that petsare permitted in the room, or whether certain pets are prohibited or permittedin the room, and stating that bringing pets into a room in which they are notpermitted is a Class 3 misdemeanor.

(d)        Any personviolating the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a Class 3misdemeanor.

(e)        The provisions ofthis section are not applicable to assistance dogs admitted to sleeping roomsand adjoining rooms under the provisions of Chapter 168 of the GeneralStatutes.  (1991, c. 663, s. 2; 1993, c. 539, ss. 544, 545; 1994,Ex. Sess., c. 14, ss. 41, 42; c. 24, s. 14(c).)