Okla. Stat. tit. 15, § 15-503a
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Safe, vault or other depository - Notice - Liability to
Official statutory text
guest for loss of property.
Whenever the proprietor, manager or operator of any hotel,
apartment hotel or inn shall provide a safe, vault or other
depository for the safekeeping of any money, jewels, ornaments, bank
notes, bonds, negotiable securities, or other valuable papers,
precious stones, railroad tickets, articles of gold or silver
manufacture, or other valuable property of small compass, belonging
to guests of said hotel, apartment hotel or inn, and shall notify
the guests thereof by posting a notice in a public and conspicuous
place and manner in the office or public rooms, or in the public
parlors, or in the guest rooms for said hotel, apartment hotel or
inn, stating the fact that such safe, vault or other depository is
provided, in which such property may be deposited, and if such
guests shall neglect to deliver such property to the person in
charge of such office, for deposit in such safe, vault or other
depository, the proprietor, manager or operator of such hotel,
apartment hotel or inn shall not be liable for any loss of any such
property, sustained by such guest, whether by negligence of such
proprietor, manager or operator, or his, her, or its servants, or
employees, or by fire, theft, burglary or any other cause. Such
guest shall, at the time of delivering such property to the person
in charge of the office of such hotel, apartment hotel or inn,
advise such person of the actual value of such property, and no
proprietor, manager or operator or person in charge of the office of
such hotel, apartment hotel or inn shall be required to receive
property on deposit for safekeeping exceeding Three Hundred Dollars
($300.00) in value; and in case of loss of any such property so
deposited for safekeeping, the proprietor, manager or operator of
such hotel, apartment hotel or inn shall be liable only for the
actual market or pecuniary value of such property, in no event
exceeding the sum of Three Hundred Dollars ($300.00). Provided,
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 15. Contracts Page 106
that the proprietor, manager or operator of any hotel, apartment
hotel or inn may, by special agreement in writing with any such
guest or guests, receive property of greater value than Three
Hundred Dollars ($300.00) and assume liability as shall be provided
for in such written agreement.
Whenever the proprietor, manager or operator of any hotel,
apartment hotel or inn shall provide a safe, vault or other
depository for the safekeeping of any money, jewels, ornaments, bank
notes, bonds, negotiable securities, or other valuable papers,
precious stones, railroad tickets, articles of gold or silver
manufacture, or other valuable property of small compass, belonging
to guests of said hotel, apartment hotel or inn, and shall notify
the guests thereof by posting a notice in a public and conspicuous
place and manner in the office or public rooms, or in the public
parlors, or in the guest rooms for said hotel, apartment hotel or
inn, stating the fact that such safe, vault or other depository is
provided, in which such property may be deposited, and if such
guests shall neglect to deliver such property to the person in
charge of such office, for deposit in such safe, vault or other
depository, the proprietor, manager or operator of such hotel,
apartment hotel or inn shall not be liable for any loss of any such
property, sustained by such guest, whether by negligence of such
proprietor, manager or operator, or his, her, or its servants, or
employees, or by fire, theft, burglary or any other cause. Such
guest shall, at the time of delivering such property to the person
in charge of the office of such hotel, apartment hotel or inn,
advise such person of the actual value of such property, and no
proprietor, manager or operator or person in charge of the office of
such hotel, apartment hotel or inn shall be required to receive
property on deposit for safekeeping exceeding Three Hundred Dollars
($300.00) in value; and in case of loss of any such property so
deposited for safekeeping, the proprietor, manager or operator of
such hotel, apartment hotel or inn shall be liable only for the
actual market or pecuniary value of such property, in no event
exceeding the sum of Three Hundred Dollars ($300.00). Provided,
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 15. Contracts Page 106
that the proprietor, manager or operator of any hotel, apartment
hotel or inn may, by special agreement in writing with any such
guest or guests, receive property of greater value than Three
Hundred Dollars ($300.00) and assume liability as shall be provided
for in such written agreement.
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