419.020. Lodging establishment not liable, when. - Missouri Statutes

Lodging establishment not liable, when.

419.020. No lodging establishment in this state, which shallconstantly have a safe, in good order, and suitable for the safe custody ofmoney, jewelry and articles of gold and silver manufacture, and of thelike, and which shall keep a copy of sections 419.020 and 419.030 printedin large plain English type, constantly and conspicuously suspended at theguest registration desk and in every guest room of the lodgingestablishment, shall be liable for the loss of any such articles aforesaid,suffered by any guest, unless such guest shall have first offered todeliver such property lost by him or her to such lodging establishment, forcustody in such safe, and such lodging establishment shall have refused oromitted to take it and deposit it in such safe for its custody and to givesuch guest a receipt therefor.

(RSMo 1939 § 9926, A.L. 2002 S.B. 1243)

Prior revisions: 1929 § 13096; 1919 § 5865; 1909 § 6716