Vermont § 3141 - Liability for loss If an innkeeper or hotel
Full text of Vermont Vermont Statutes Online § 3141 — Liability for loss If an innkeeper or hotel, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 3141. Liability for loss If an innkeeper or hotel
- keeper provides a safe in his or her inn or hotel for the safekeeping of money, jewelry, and valuable papers and articles belonging to the guests of such inn or hotel and gives notice thereof by posting in a conspicuous place in the office and public parlors of such inn or hotel the fact that such safe is provided in which such property may be deposited, and a guest neglects to deliver or deposit therein any such property to the person apparently in charge of the office, such innkeeper or hotel keeper shall not be liable for the loss of any such property sustained by such guests, unless such loss occurs through want of ordinary care and diligence of such innkeeper or hotel keeper.
Source: official Vermont text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 3141 ("Liability for loss If an innkeeper or hotel") is part of the Vermont Statutes Online, the codified statutory law of Vermont. 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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