Tennessee § 66-17-101 - Scope of lien.
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§ 66-17-101. Scope of lien.
All keepers of hotels, boardinghouses, and lodging houses, whether licensed or not, shall have a lien on all furniture, baggage, wearing apparel, or other goods and chattels brought into any such hotel, boardinghouse, or lodginghouse, by any guest or patron of the same, to secure the payment by such guest of all sums due for board or lodging. Acts 1879, ch. 109, § 1; Shan., § 3590; Code 1932, § 8012; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 64-1701. Cross-References. Enforcement of lien, § 66-21-101 . Sale of baggage of person fraudulently obtaining credit, § 62-7-108 . Textbooks. Tennessee Jurisprudence, 14 Tenn. Juris., Hotels, Inns and Restaurants, § 5. Law Reviews. The Tennessee Court System — Chancery Court (Frederic S. Le Clercq), 8 Mem. St. U.L. Rev. 281 (1977).
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Section 66-17-101 ("Scope of lien.") is part of the Tennessee Code Annotated, the codified statutory law of Tennessee. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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