Title 29, Title 29: HOTELS

29:2-4. Standard of care of proprietor for certain losses 29:2-4. The proprietor of a hotel shall be liable to any guest of the hotel only for ordinary and reasonable care in the custody of any valuables or other personal property belonging to the guest, whether specially intrust…

29:3-1. Definitions As used in this chapter "person" includes partnership and corporation; "owner" means any person as herein defined owning, conducting or operating an hotel; "register" or "registration" means the performance of the acts herein required, whereby a person becomes…

29:3-10. Fees of secretary of state and county clerks For services herein enumerated pursuant to this chapter, the Secretary of State and the county clerk shall each receive the following fees: a. for filing and recording a petition or certificate of registration of name, proof o…

29:3-11. Registration of like or similar names prohibited The secretary of state shall not register any name or designation identical with any other name or designation already registered under the provisions of this chapter or any heretofore existing law, or any name or designat…

29:3-12. Revocation of registration by court 29:3-12. Revocation of registration by Superior Court. A person aggrieved by the registration of a hotel name or designation by another person may bring an action in Superior Court against such other person, and the court may direct th…

29:3-13. Use, without consent, of registered name or name similar thereto No person, other than the owner of a name or designation which has been registered as herein provided or as provided by any heretofore existing law, shall, without the written consent of such owner, use, in…

29:3-14. Assignment of registered name Any person to whom a certificate has been issued by the secretary of state pursuant to section 29:3-7 of this title may assign such certificate to another person. A written notice of such assignment, subscribed and acknowledged by the assign…

29:3-15. Nonuser of registered name Nonuse for a period of one year of the name or designation described in any certificate issued by the secretary of state pursuant to section 29:3-7 of this title shall operate as an abandonment of the right to use such name or designation there…

29:3-16. Abandonment of registered name; notice filed; use thereafter The proprietor of a name or designation registered pursuant to the provisions of this chapter or of any heretofore existing law may file a written notice of abandonment thereof, subscribed and acknowledged by h…

29:3-17. Violations of chapter; penalty; action by common informer; disposition of penalty recovered Any person violating any of the provisions of this chapter shall, for each day during which such violation continues, be liable to a penalty of twenty-five dollars, recoverable in…

29:3-18. Notice to alleged violator; cessation of violation Before an action for a penalty is commenced under authority of section 29:3-17 of this title at least ten days' notice thereof shall be given to the alleged violator. If, before the expiration of such time, the alleged v…

29:3-19. Jurisdiction of action for penalty 29:3-19. Civil actions for penalties for violations of this chapter may be brought in the Superior Court or the municipal court of the municipality wherein the violations occurred, both of which courts are given jurisdiction to hear and…

29:3-2. Use of true name without registration Nothing in this chapter contained shall be construed as prohibiting a person from using his own true name in connection with the operation of an hotel heretofore or hereafter erected.

29:3-3. Right to register name; effect thereof in general Any person engaged in and conducting the business of an hotel in this state may register the name by which such hotel is known and designated in the manner hereinafter provided, and, upon compliance with the provisions of …

29:3-4. Petition for registration; filing with secretary of state A person desiring to register the name or designation of an hotel shall file in the office of the secretary of state a verified petition, containing the facsimile of such name, specifically describing the location …

29:3-5. Duplicate-original or certified copy of petition filed with county clerk A duplicate-original or a certified copy of the petition mentioned in section 29:3-4 of this title shall be filed in the office of the clerk of the county in which the hotel is situate.

29:3-6. Publication of copy of petition A copy of the petition mentioned in section 29:3-4 of this title shall be printed once each week for three consecutive weeks in a newspaper published in the county in which the hotel is situate.

29:3-7. Certificate of registration from secretary of state; effect Upon compliance with the provisions of this chapter and on proof of the publication of the petition as required by section 29:3-6 of this title, the secretary of state shall deliver to the person named in the pet…

29:3-8. Registration of name of hotel yet to be erected A person may register in the manner herein provided the name of an hotel yet to be erected. If such person shall not begin the construction of such hotel within one year after such registration and prosecute its construction…

29:3-9. Indexes of persons filing petitions and of names registered The secretary of state and each county clerk shall keep an alphabetical index of the names of all persons filing petitions under authority of this chapter and a similar index of the names and designations referre…

29:4-1. Register for guests in tourist camps, homes, rooming houses, inns or hotels; registration required Any person, copartnership, firm, association or corporation engaged in the business of conducting a tourist camp, tourist cabin, trailer camp, tourist home, rooming house, i…

29:4-10 Definitions relative to the protection of hotel employees. 2. As used in this act: "Commissioner" means the Commissioner of Labor and Workforce Development. "Hotel" means any hotel, inn, boarding house, motel or other establishment whose proprietor offers and accepts paym…

29:4-11 Provision of panic device; employer responsibilities. 3. a. A hotel employer shall provide a panic device to each hotel employee assigned to work in a guest room without any other employees present, at no cost to the employee. An employee may use the panic device if the e…

29:4-12 Violations, penalties; rules, regulations. 4. a. A hotel employer who does not provide a panic device to its employees pursuant to subsection a. of section 3 of P.L.2019, c.123 (C.29:4-11) or does not follow the protocols established in subsections b. and c. of section 3 …

29:4-13 Former, successor hotel employer duties, responsibilities during, after power transfer; violation penalties; exceptions; definitions. 1. a. (1) Not less than 30 days before a change in control or change in controlling interest or identity, a former hotel employer shall pr…

29:4-14 Notice of service disruption provided to third-party vendors, guests; definitions. 2. a. Within 24 hours of the occurrence of a service disruption, a hotel operator shall provide, in all modifiable mediums in which the hotel advertises, solicits customers, or through whic…

29:4-15 Severability. 3. The provisions of this act shall be deemed to be severable and if any section, subsection, paragraph, sentence or other portion of this act is for any reason held or declared by any court of competent jurisdiction to be unconstitutional or preempted by fe…

29:4-2. Inspection for compliance with respect to registration It shall be the duty of the sheriff or his deputies, any member of an organized police department and any member of the State Police, in whose jurisdiction any of the above-mentioned places may be located, to inspect …

29:4-3. Inapplicable to hotels having over ten rooms Nothing in this act shall be construed in any way to apply to any duly licensed hotel having more than ten sleeping rooms for guests. L.1939, c. 254, p. 670, s. 3, eff. July 18, 1939.

29:4-4. Violation a misdemeanor Any person, copartnership, firm, association or corporation who shall violate any of the provisions of this act shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof, shall be fined one hundred dollars ($100.00), or be imprisoned in the cou…

29:4-5. Definitions As used in this act: "Hotel" means any hotel, motel, inn, tourist camp, tourist cabin, tourist home, rooming house or similar establishment where sleeping accommodations are supplied for pay to transient and permanent guests. "Guest room" is a room which is oc…

29:4-6. Rates for accommodations; posting No person engaged in the business of furnishing public lodging accommodations in a hotel shall post or maintain posted on any advertising sign or cause to be placed before the public in any advertising matter or information pertaining to …

29:4-7. Posting copy of act and range of rates Every person engaged in the business of furnishing public lodging accommodations in a hotel shall post in a conspicuous place or manner in each and every guest room, a printed copy of this act and a statement of the range of rates ch…

29:4-8. Penalties; enforcement 4. Any person, organization or corporation violating any of the provisions of this act shall be liable to a penalty of not less than $50.00 or more than $100.00 for the first offense, and not less than $100.00 or more than $250.00 for the second and…

29:4-9 Findings, declarations relative to the protection of hotel employees. 1. The Legislature finds and declares that the hospitality industry is a profitable and vital component of the State's economy, and that hotel employees play a significant role in providing hospitality s…