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306.030 General liability for loss or damage to guests' property -- Limitations
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Except as provided in KRS 306.020:
(a) The proprietor of a hotel shall not be liable in excess of one hundred
dollars ($100) for the loss or damage to personal property brought into the
hotel by guests, unless the loss or damage is occasioned by the
negligence of the proprietor or hotel agents or employees.
(b) He shall not be liable for the loss or damage to any merchandise samples
or merchandise for sale unless the guest has given prior written notice of
having the merchandise in his possession, and its value, and obtained
written acknowledgement of the receipt of such notice.
(c) In no event shall the liability provided for in this subsection exceed two
hundred dollars ($200), unless the proprietor has contracted in writing
with the guest to assume a greater liability.
The hotel proprietor shall not in any event be liable for the loss or damage to
property brought into the hotel by guests caused by fire, unless occasioned by
negligence of the proprietor or hotel agents or employees.
After a guest departs and ceases to be a guest, if any property left by him is
lost or damaged, the liability of the proprietor shall be that of a gratuitous bailee
and limited to not more than one hundred dollars ($100).
If property is lost or destroyed while in transport to or from a hotel on behalf of
a guest, the liability of the proprietor shall be limited to one hundred dollars
($100), unless the guest has given prior written notice of the value thereof and
obtained written acknowledgment of the receipt of such notice. In no event
shall such liability exceed two hundred dollars ($200), unless the proprietor has
contracted in writing with the guest to assume a greater liability.
Effective:October 1, 1942
History: Recodified 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 208, sec. 1, effective October 1, 1942, from
Ky. Stat. sec. 2176a-1.
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