327.70 DEFINITIONS. Subdivision 1. Terms. For the purposes of sections 327.70 to 327.76, the terms defined in this section have the meanings given them. Subd. 2. Guest. “Guest” means a person who is registered at a hotel and to whom a bedroom is assigned. The term “guest” includes members of the guest’s family who accompany […]
327.71 INNKEEPER LIABILITY FOR THE PERSONAL PROPERTY OF GUESTS. Subdivision 1. Valuables. No innkeeper who has in the establishment a fireproof, metal safe or vault, in good order and fit for the custody of valuables, and who keeps a copy of this subdivision clearly and conspicuously posted at or near the front desk and on […]
327.72 OVERSTAYING GUESTS. A guest who intentionally continues to occupy an assigned room in a hotel beyond the scheduled departure date without the prior written approval of the innkeeper shall be deemed to be a trespasser. History: 1982 c 517 s 3
327.73 UNDESIRABLE GUESTS; EJECTION OF, AND REFUSAL TO ADMIT. Subdivision 1. Innkeeper’s right to eject. (a) An innkeeper may remove or cause to be removed from a hotel a guest or other person who: (1) refuses or is unable to pay for accommodations or services; (2) while on the premises of the hotel acts in […]
327.731 LIABILITY; NOTICE. Subdivision 1. Liability. (a) A person who negligently or intentionally causes damage to the hotel or any furniture or furnishings within the hotel, is liable for damages sustained by the innkeeper, including the hotel’s loss of revenue resulting from the inability to rent or lease rooms while the damage is being repaired. […]
327.74 SETTING FIRE TO HOTEL BELONGINGS. Subdivision 1. Penalty. A person in a hotel who, by smoking or attempting to light or smoke cigarettes, cigars, pipes, or other smoking material, in any manner in which lighters or matches are used, negligently sets fire to a part of the building, or any furniture or furnishings within […]
327.742 SMOKING IN DESIGNATED NONSMOKING ROOMS. Subdivision 1. Smoking prohibited. No person shall smoke cigarettes, cigars, pipes, or other smoking material in a hotel sleeping room designated nonsmoking. Subd. 2. Penalty. A person who violates this section is guilty of a petty misdemeanor. Upon conviction, the court may require a person who violates this section […]
327.75 FRAUD; PROOF OF FRAUD. Subdivision 1. Fraud. A person who obtains food, lodging or other accommodations at any hotel or restaurant without paying therefor, with intent to defraud the owner or manager, or who obtains credit for food, lodging, or other accommodations at any hotel or restaurant, with intent to defraud the owner or […]
327.76 INNKEEPER’S LIEN. Subdivision 1. Lien created. An innkeeper shall have a lien upon the valuables, baggage or other property of a guest brought into the innkeeper’s hotel, for the proper charges due on account of the guest’s accommodation, board, room and lodging, for all money paid out for or advanced to the guest, for […]
