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Current as of January 01, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
(a) A hotel, apartment hotel, or boardinghouse keeper may hold a person's property, including baggage, at the keeper's option and at the property owner's risk if the property owner:
(1) forwards the property to the hotel, apartment hotel, or boardinghouse before becoming a guest;
(2) leaves the property in the hotel, apartment hotel, or boardinghouse lobby before checking the property or becoming a guest; or
(3) allows the property to remain in the hotel, apartment hotel, or boardinghouse after the innkeeper and guest relationship has ceased and without checking the property.
(b) If a person checks property at a hotel, apartment hotel, or boardinghouse and leaves the property at the hotel, apartment hotel, or boardinghouse free of charge for one week without being a guest, the hotel, apartment hotel, or boardinghouse keeper may, absent a special agreement, continue to hold the property after the first week at the property owner's risk.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Texas Occupations Code - OCC § 2155.053. Gratuitous Bailee - last updated January 01, 2024 | https://codes.findlaw.com/tx/occupations-code/occ-sect-2155-053/
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