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Section 34-15-13 - Safe depository for valuable articles - Conditional liability.

AL Code § 34-15-13 (2019) (N/A)
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Such hotel as shall maintain a safe depository and display notice as is required by Section 34-15-12 shall, in no event and under no circumstances or conditions, be liable in any amount for any loss, damage, or destruction of the valuables of a guest by theft, burglary, fire, or by any other cause whatsoever, whether or not of a nature enumerated above, if the valuables shall not have been left with the hotel, its clerk or agent for deposit in the safe depository. Whenever the phrase "loss, damage, or destruction by theft or otherwise" is used in this chapter, it shall include any loss, damage, or destruction of the valuables, baggage, or property of a guest, as the case may be, by theft, burglary, fire, or by any other cause whatsoever, whether or not of a nature enumerated above. If a hotel maintains a safe depository and valuables are left by a guest with the hotel, its clerk or agent for deposit in the safe depository, the limit of liability of the hotel for any loss, damage, or destruction of the valuables, by theft or otherwise, shall be $300, regardless of whether or not the hotel shall have displayed notice as required by Section 34-15-12; provided, that upon accepting any such valuables the hotel must furnish to the guest a receipt upon which there shall appear in not less than 10-point type on the face thereof the following words: "The liability for loss, damage, or destruction of valuables, by theft or otherwise, is limited by law to $300 unless otherwise provided by special written contract." There shall also appear on the receipt in not less than 10-point type and underlined the following words: "If the guest is depositing valuables in the safe depository of the hotel for safekeeping, which valuables exceed in value the sum of $300, the guest may request the hotel to enter into a special written contract, to be supplied by the hotel, whereby the hotel agrees to assume liability for the value of the valuables; provided, however, that in no event and under no circumstances or conditions shall the hotel (1) be liable in excess of the actual value of the valuables regardless of the stated value thereof in the contract; and (2) be required to enter into a contract assuming liability in excess of $5,000 for the loss, damage, or destruction of the valuables, by theft or otherwise, regardless of the stated value or actual value thereof. Such contract must be in writing, signed by the guest and signed on behalf of the hotel by its manager, assistant manager, desk clerk, or other person in charge of or in authority in the hotel." Failure of the hotel to provide such receipt to any guest who leaves valuables with the hotel for deposit in its safe depository shall remove the $300 limitation of liability provided by this section.

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Section 34-15-13 - Safe depository for valuable articles - Conditional liability.