353:1 Liability for Losses. – No hotel keeper, innkeeper, operator of overnight cabins, motor courts, or similar establishments (hereinafter referred to as hotel keeper), shall be liable to a guest for the loss of wearing apparel or baggage belonging to such guest where it shall appear that such loss takes place from the room […]
353:10 Evidence. – In prosecutions brought under this subdivision, it shall be prima facie evidence of intent to defraud or of intent to avoid paying an owner of an inn or hotel if service was obtained from, in, or through an inn or hotel, by: I. A false of fictitious show or pretense of […]
353:2 Fire Losses. – No hotel keeper shall be liable for losses of goods or property sustained by his employees or guests, caused by a fire, unless such fire shall be caused by his negligence. Source. 1919, 42:1. PL 171:2. RL 208:2.
353:2-a Child Care Referrals. – No hotelkeeper or innkeeper shall be liable for losses of goods or property or other damages sustained by a guest or other visitor based solely upon the furnishing by the hotelkeeper or innkeeper of a name or names of persons available to provide child care services for such guest […]
353:3 Register, Open to Inspection. – All hotel keepers and all persons keeping public lodging houses, tourist camps, or cabins shall keep a book or card system and cause each guest to sign therein his own legal name or name by which he is commonly known. Said book or card system shall at all […]
353:3-a Posting of Rental Rates. – All hotel keepers and all persons keeping public lodging houses, tourist camps or cabins shall post in each guest room and at the registration desk a notice listing the minimum and maximum room rental fees on a daily or weekly basis or both if applicable. The notice shall […]
353:3-b Registered Departure Date. – All hotel keepers and all persons keeping public lodging houses, tourist camps, or cabins shall, upon the registration of each guest, cause an entry to be made in the book or card system required by RSA 353:3 which shall record the guest’s agreed upon departure time and date. No […]
353:3-bb Refusal or Denial of Accommodations. – I. A hotel keeper, including any person keeping public lodging houses, tourist camps, or cabins, may refuse or deny any accommodations, facilities, or privileges of a hotel, lodging house, or campground to: (a) Any person who is unwilling or unable to pay for accommodations and services of […]
353:3-c Ejection of Guests. – I. All hotel keepers and all persons keeping public lodging houses or cabins may remove or cause to be removed from such establishment any guest remaining in a rental unit in violation of RSA 353:3-b or RSA 353:3-bb by notifying such guest that the establishment no longer desires to […]
353:4 Definition of Terms. – Terms used in this subdivision shall be construed as follows, unless a different meaning is clearly apparent from the language or context or is otherwise inconsistent with the manifest intention of the legislature: I. "Motels" are only those public lodging buildings, including cabins and motor courts, where entrance is […]
353:5 Signs. – No motel operator shall place or cause to be placed any outside sign bearing room rates thereon unless both the minimum and maximum rates for such rental appear in such uniform size as to be readily discernible by the traveling public. Source. 1959, 67:1, eff. June 22, 1959.
353:6 Penalty. – Any person who knowingly violates the provisions of RSA 353:5 shall be guilty of a violation if a natural person, or guilty of a misdemeanor if any other person. Source. 1959, 67:1. 1973, 530:52, eff. Oct. 31, 1973 at 11:59 p.m.
353:7 Definitions. – As used in the subdivision: I. "Service" shall include, but not be limited to, labor, professional service, public utility service, transportation, accommodations, food, liquor, entertainment, property or equipment, rendered or furnished by, in, or through an inn or hotel. II. "Credit card" shall mean any instrument, whether known as a credit […]
353:8 Prohibition. – It shall be unlawful for anyone to obtain, or attempt to obtain, service from, in or through any inn or hotel: I. With intent to defraud the owner thereof on a credit basis by the use of a credit card which has been stolen, forged, revoked, canceled, unauthorized or in any […]
353:9 Penalty. – Any person who shall obtain service from, in, or through an inn or hotel, with intent to defraud the owner of the inn or hotel, or with intent to avoid payment thereof, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. Source. 1969, 295:1. RSA 580:9-c. 1973, 532:21, eff. Nov. 1, 1973.
