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

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.

Status: in_force · Read it on the official government site

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