Okla. Stat. tit. 15, § 15-503b
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Liability for loss of or damage to property of guest
Official statutory text
Except as provided for in Section 2 of this act, whenever the
proprietor, manager or operator of any hotel, apartment hotel or inn
shall have complied with the provisions of Section 1 of this act
such proprietor, manager or operator shall not be liable for the
loss of or damage to personal property brought into such hotel,
apartment hotel or inn by any of the guests thereof exceeding Two
Hundred Fifty Dollars ($250.00) in value, whether such loss or
damage is occasioned by the negligence of such proprietor, manager
or operator, or his, her or its servants, or employees or otherwise;
nor shall such proprietor, manager or operator be liable for the
loss of or damages to any merchandise samples or merchandise for
sale unless the guests bringing such merchandise into such hotel,
apartment hotel or inn shall have given such proprietor, manager or
operator prior written notice of having the same in his possession,
together with the value thereof, and receipt of which notice shall
have been acknowledged in writing, but in no event shall such
liability exceed the sum of One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) for each
trunk and its contents; the sum of Seventy-five Dollars ($75.00) for
each valise and its contents; the sum of Twenty-five Dollars
($25.00) for each package, box or bundle; the sum of Fifty Dollars
($50.00) for all other miscellaneous effects and property including
wearing apparel, but in no event shall the total liability exceed
the sum of Two Hundred Fifty Dollars ($250.00), unless such
proprietor, manager or operator shall have contracted in writing
with such guest to assume a greater liability. In case of the loss
of or damage to any property left in any hotel, apartment hotel or
inn by a guest, after he has departed therefrom, and has ceased to
be a guest thereof, the liability of such proprietor, manager or
operator shall be that of "gratuitous bailee", and in such case the
extent of such liability shall be limited to not more than the sum
of Fifty Dollars ($50.00). In case of loss or damage to any
property while being transported to or from any hotel, apartment
hotel or inn by the proprietor, manager or operator thereof, for or
on behalf of such guest, the liability of such proprietor, manager
or operator shall be limited to the sum of One Hundred Dollars
($100.00) for each trunk and its contents; the sum of Seventy-five
Dollars ($75.00) for each valise and its contents; the sum of Twenty
Five Dollars ($25.00) for each package, box or bundle; the sum of
Fifty Dollars ($50.00) for all other miscellaneous effects and
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property, including wearing apparel, but in no event shall such
liability exceed the sum of Two Hundred Fifty Dollars ($250.00),
unless such proprietor, manager or operator shall have contracted in
writing with such guest to assume a greater liability.
proprietor, manager or operator of any hotel, apartment hotel or inn
shall have complied with the provisions of Section 1 of this act
such proprietor, manager or operator shall not be liable for the
loss of or damage to personal property brought into such hotel,
apartment hotel or inn by any of the guests thereof exceeding Two
Hundred Fifty Dollars ($250.00) in value, whether such loss or
damage is occasioned by the negligence of such proprietor, manager
or operator, or his, her or its servants, or employees or otherwise;
nor shall such proprietor, manager or operator be liable for the
loss of or damages to any merchandise samples or merchandise for
sale unless the guests bringing such merchandise into such hotel,
apartment hotel or inn shall have given such proprietor, manager or
operator prior written notice of having the same in his possession,
together with the value thereof, and receipt of which notice shall
have been acknowledged in writing, but in no event shall such
liability exceed the sum of One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) for each
trunk and its contents; the sum of Seventy-five Dollars ($75.00) for
each valise and its contents; the sum of Twenty-five Dollars
($25.00) for each package, box or bundle; the sum of Fifty Dollars
($50.00) for all other miscellaneous effects and property including
wearing apparel, but in no event shall the total liability exceed
the sum of Two Hundred Fifty Dollars ($250.00), unless such
proprietor, manager or operator shall have contracted in writing
with such guest to assume a greater liability. In case of the loss
of or damage to any property left in any hotel, apartment hotel or
inn by a guest, after he has departed therefrom, and has ceased to
be a guest thereof, the liability of such proprietor, manager or
operator shall be that of "gratuitous bailee", and in such case the
extent of such liability shall be limited to not more than the sum
of Fifty Dollars ($50.00). In case of loss or damage to any
property while being transported to or from any hotel, apartment
hotel or inn by the proprietor, manager or operator thereof, for or
on behalf of such guest, the liability of such proprietor, manager
or operator shall be limited to the sum of One Hundred Dollars
($100.00) for each trunk and its contents; the sum of Seventy-five
Dollars ($75.00) for each valise and its contents; the sum of Twenty
Five Dollars ($25.00) for each package, box or bundle; the sum of
Fifty Dollars ($50.00) for all other miscellaneous effects and
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 15. Contracts Page 107
property, including wearing apparel, but in no event shall such
liability exceed the sum of Two Hundred Fifty Dollars ($250.00),
unless such proprietor, manager or operator shall have contracted in
writing with such guest to assume a greater liability.
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