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200 – Safes; Limited Liability.

§ 200. Safes; limited liability. Whenever the proprietor or manager of any hotel, motel, inn or steamboat shall provide a safe or safe deposit boxes in the office of such hotel, motel or steamboat, or other convenient place for the safe keeping of any money, jewels, ornaments, bank notes, bonds, negotiable securities or precious stones, […]

201 – Liability for Loss of Clothing and Other Personal Property Limited.

§ 201. Liability for loss of clothing and other personal property limited. 1. No hotel or motel keeper except as provided in the foregoing section shall be liable for damage to or loss of wearing apparel or other personal property in the lobby, hallways or in the room or rooms assigned to a guest for […]

202 – Loss by Fire.

§ 202. Loss by fire. No inn keeper shall be liable for the loss or destruction by fire of property received by him from a guest, stored or being with the knowledge of such guest in a barn or other out-building, where it shall appear that such loss or destruction was the work of an […]

203 – Value of Animals.

§ 203. Value of animals. No animal belonging to a guest and destroyed by fire while on the premises of any inn keeper shall be deemed of greater value than three hundred dollars, unless an agreement shall be proved between such guest and inn keeper that a higher estimate shall be made of the same.

203-A – Hotel and Motel Keeper’s Liability for Property in Transport.

§ 203-a. Hotel and motel keeper’s liability for property in transport. No hotel or motel keeper shall be liable in any sum exceeding the sum of two hundred and fifty dollars for the loss of or damage to property of a guest delivered to such keeper, his agent or employee, for transport to or from […]

203-B – Posting of Statute.

§ 203-b. Posting of statute. Every keeper of a hotel or motel or inn shall post in a public and conspicuous place and manner in the registration office and in the public rooms of such hotel or motel or inn a printed copy of this section and section two hundred three-a.

204 – Register to Be Kept.

§ 204. Register to be kept. The owner, lessee, proprietor or manager of any hotel, motel, tourist cabins, camp, resort, tavern, inn, boarding or lodging house shall keep for a period of three years a register which shall show the name, residence, date of arrival and departure of his guests. Such records may be kept […]

204-A – Safety Chain Latches Required.

§ 204-a. Safety chain latches required. Every person, firm or corporation engaged in the business of furnishing public lodging accommodations in hotels, motels or motor courts shall install and maintain, on the inside of each entrance door to every rental unit for which there is a duplicate or master key which would afford entry to […]

205 – Human Trafficking Awareness and Training.

§ 205. Human trafficking awareness and training. 1. Human trafficking recognition training program. a. For purposes of this section, “lodging facility” shall mean any inn, hotel, motel, motor court or other establishment that provides lodging to transient guests. Such term shall not include an establishment treated as a dwelling unit for the purposes of any […]

206 – Rates to Be Posted; Penalty for Violation.

§ 206. Rates to be posted; penalty for violation. Every keeper of a hotel or inn shall post in a public and conspicuous place and manner in the office or public room, and in the public parlors of such hotel or inn, a printed copy of this section and sections two hundred and two hundred […]

206-A – Advertising of Rates for Motels and Motor Courts.

§ 206-a. Advertising of rates for motels and motor courts. No person engaged in the business of furnishing public lodging accommodations in motels and motor courts shall: (a) post or maintain posted on any outdoor or outside advertising sign pertaining to such establishment, that may be seen from a public highway or street, any rates […]

206-B – Posting of Rates for Motels and Motor Courts.

§ 206-b. Posting of rates for motels and motor courts. Every person, firm or corporation engaged in the business of furnishing public lodging accommodations in motels and motor courts shall: Post in a conspicuous place or manner in each and every rental unit, a printed copy of this section and section two hundred six-a and […]

206-D – Posting of Rates of Various Type Accommodations.

§ 206-d. Posting of rates of various type accommodations. In addition to other provisions in this article relating to posting of rates, every keeper of a hotel, motel or inn shall post publicly and conspicuously at the place maintained for the registration of guests so that it can be easily and readily seen and read […]

206-E – Telephone Call Charges; Disclosure; Violations.

§ 206-e. Telephone call charges; disclosure; violations. 1. For the purpose of this section: (a) The term “aggregator” means any hotel, motel, innkeeper, school or hospital which is not a telegraph or telephone corporation, as defined in the public service law, which, in the ordinary course of business, makes available for public use telephones or […]

206-F – Information Concerning Services for Human Trafficking Victims.

§ 206-f. Information concerning services for human trafficking victims. 1. For purposes of this section, “lodging facility” shall mean any inn, hotel, motel, motor court or other establishment that provides lodging to transient guests. Such term shall not include an establishment treated as a dwelling unit for the purposes of any state or local law […]

207 – Sale of Unclaimed Articles and Other Property Covered by His Lien.

§ 207. Sale of unclaimed articles and other property covered by his lien. Any keeper of a hotel, motel, apartment hotel, inn, boarding-house, rooming house or lodging-house, except an immigrant lodging-house, who shall have a lien for fare, lodging, accommodation or board upon any goods, baggage or other chattel property, or, who, for a period […]

208 – Disposition of Proceeds of Sale.

§ 208. Disposition of proceeds of sale. Such keeper shall, out of the proceeds of such sale, retain the amount of his lien or storage charges and the expense of advertising and sale, and shall make an entry of the articles sold, the amount received therefor, the amounts retained by him as aforesaid, and if […]

209 – Certain Sales After Eighteen Months.

§ 209. Certain sales after eighteen months. Any keeper of a hotel, motel, apartment hotel, inn, boarding-house, rooming-house or lodging-house, except an immigrant lodging-house, whose lien for fare, lodging, accommodation or board upon any goods, baggage or other chattel property, shall not have been paid for a period of eighteen months, may sell such property […]

209-A – Registration of Hotel and Motel Names.

§ 209-a. Registration of hotel and motel names. Any person or corporation now owning or now engaged in and conducting the business of an hotel or motel in the state of New York may register the name by which said hotel or motel is known and designated by filing in the office of the secretary […]