Texas § OC.2155.053 - GRATUITOUS BAILEE
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§ OC.2155.053. GRATUITOUS BAILEE
GRATUITOUS BAILEE. (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. Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999. SUBCHAPTER C. FIREARMS POLICY
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Section OC.2155.053 ("GRATUITOUS BAILEE") is part of the The Texas Constitution, the codified statutory law of Texas. 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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