2015 West Virginia Code
CHAPTER 38. LIENS.
ARTICLE 11. MISCELLANEOUS LIENS AND PLEDGES.
§38-11-5. Lien for lodging and board.
The owner or keeper of any hotel, inn, lodginghouse, restaurant, eating house or boardinghouse shall have a lien upon and, to the extent and in the manner provided for in section fourteen of this article, may retain possession of the baggage, luggage or other personal property of any kind, brought to such hotel, inn, lodginghouse, restaurant, eating house or boardinghouse by, or with the consent of, the owner thereof, for the amount of his lawful claim for lodging, board or other accommodations or facilities furnished by him at that time to such person bringing the same, or to any other person for whose charges the person so bringing such property is liable.
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