Title 34 — Title 34

For the purposes of this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them by this section: (1) HOTEL. Such term includes any establishment where sleeping or sleeping and eating accommodations are advertised or held out to be available to transien…

The State Hotel Inspector, or any of his or her authorized representatives when acting under his or her direction, may close any hotel if the owner, manager or operator thereof has been found guilty of flagrant or continued violation of the State Board of Health rules and regulat…

A hotel may require any guest, or person proposing to become a guest, to enter into a special contract as to the duration, kind and place of board, entertainment, or lodging to be furnished such guest and the price therefor to be paid. If such guest refuses to enter into such con…

Every hotel must provide itself with a safe depository for the valuable articles belonging to its guests, and must keep displayed on the inner face of the main entrance door in each sleeping room occupied by its guests or in any other conspicuous place in the sleeping room, and i…

Such hotel as shall maintain a safe depository and display notice as is required by Section 34-15-12 shall, in no event and under no circumstances or conditions, be liable in any amount for any loss, damage, or destruction of the valuables of a guest by theft, burglary, fire, or …

If the liability of a hotel is not otherwise eliminated or limited or varied under the provisions of Section 34-15-11 or 34-15-13, its liability for any loss, damage, or destruction of any property of a guest, by theft or otherwise, shall in no event and under no circumstances or…

(a) Every hotel shall provide a check room or other convenient storage place for all baggage of its registered guests, those intending to become guests and others using or occupying any of the public spaces of the hotel, all of whom are hereinafter referred to in this section as …

Any proprietor, owner, or manager of any hotel who shall fail or neglect to provide good and sufficient locks, latches, or bolts to all the doors and rooms used by guests or provided for the use of guests or patrons of such hotel whereby the same may be securely fastened from the…

(a) The manager, assistant manager, desk clerk, or other person in charge of or in authority in a hotel, any of whom are hereinafter referred to in this section as “manager,” shall have the right to remove, cause to be removed, or eject from such hotel, in the manner provided in …

Evidence. Proof that food, lodging, or other accommodation was obtained by false pretense or by false or fictitious show or pretense of any baggage or other property by such person obtaining such food, lodging, or other accommodation, or that such person absconded or left the sta…

This chapter shall operate as, or as a part of or in conjunction with, any rules and regulations affecting hotels provided and promulgated by the State Board of Health for maintaining and protecting the public health. History: (Acts 1919, No. 597, p. 845; Code 1923, §4478; Acts 1…

Evidence - Posting of Law in Hotel or Inn. Every hotelkeeper and innkeeper in this state shall keep a copy of Sections 13A-8- 10 through 13A-8-10.3 and 34-15-19, printed in distinct type, posted in the lobby, public waiting room, or in that portion of his or her hotel or inn most…

The State Committee of Public Health shall make and promulgate reasonable rules and regulations for the purpose of carrying this chapter into effect. History: (Acts 1919, No. 597, p. 845; Code 1923, §4477; Acts 1935, No. 444, p. 926; Code 1940, T. 24, §9; Acts 1959, No. 412, p. 1…

Detectors, Etc. (a) Every owner, manager, or operator of a hotel shall maintain the physical and sanitary condition of the structure, its equipment, water supply, and human waste disposal and shall conduct the operations thereof in such manner as to render services and accommodat…

The State Health Officer is ex officio State Hotel Inspector, and the inspectors of the State Board of Health, or that may hereafter be of the State Board of Health, are ex officio assistant hotel inspectors, and such assistants shall be, in the inspection of hotels as provided f…

The State Hotel Inspector and his or her assistants have police power to enter any hotel at reasonable hours to determine whether the provisions of the rules and regulations of the State Board of Health are being complied with. History: (Acts 1919, No. 597, p. 845; Code 1923, §44…

Upon inspecting a hotel, the inspector shall report the condition thereof to the State Hotel Inspector, together with its sanitary score or rating, whereupon, if the score or rating justifies, the State Hotel Inspector shall issue to the operator of the hotel a certificate of ins…

The State Hotel Inspector, upon ascertaining by inspection or otherwise that any hotel is being operated contrary to the rules and regulations of the State Board of Health, shall notify the owner, manager, agent, or person in charge of such hotel, in writing, in what respect it f…