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Iowa Code § 583.1 Definitions.
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For the purposes of this chapter : 1. “Baggage” shall include all property which is in any hotel belonging to or under the control of any guest. 2. “Guest” shall include boarder and patron, or any legal occupant of any hotel as herein defined. 3. “Hotel” shall include inn, roomin…
Iowa Code § 583.2 Nature of hotelkeeper’s lien.
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A hotelkeeper shall have a lien upon the baggage of any guest, which may be in that hotel, for: 1. The accommodations and keep of said guest. 2. The money paid for or advanced to said guest. 3. The extras and other things furnished said guest. [C97, §3138; S13, §3138; C24, 27, 31…
Iowa Code § 583.3 Enforcement of claim by ordinary action.
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The hotelkeeper may take and retain possession of all baggage and may enforce the claim by an ordinary action. Said baggage shall be subject to attachment and execution for the reasonable charges of the hotelkeeper against the guest, and for the costs of enforcing the lien thereo…
Iowa Code § 583.4 Satisfaction of lien by sale.
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If the hotelkeeper does not proceed by an ordinary action the hotelkeeper shall retain the baggage upon which the hotelkeeper has a lien for a period of ninety days, at the expiration of which time, if such lien is not satisfied, the hotelkeeper may sell such baggage at public au…