§ 29-1-2. Property worth more than $250 -- Limitation of liability -- Special arrangements -- Theft by, or negligence of, innkeeper or servant.

     An innkeeper, hotel keeper, boarding house or lodging house keeper is not required to receive from a guest for deposit in such safe or vault, property described in the next preceding section exceeding a total value of $250, and is not liable for such property exceeding such value whether received or not. Such innkeeper, hotel keeper, boarding house or lodging house keeper, by special arrangement with a guest, may receive for deposit in such safe or vault property upon such written terms as may be agreed upon. A person who is an innkeeper, hotel keeper, boarding house or lodging house keeper shall be liable for a loss of any of such property of a guest in the person's inn caused by the theft or negligence of the innkeeper or the innkeeper's servant.

Amended by Chapter 297, 2011 General Session