Title 27 — Professions and Occupations
22 chapters · 534 sections in this title.
27 V.I.C. § 401 Definitions
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(1) For the purposes of this chapter—(1) Every building or other structure or group of structures under the same management kept, used, maintained, advertised, or held out to the public to be a place where sleeping accommodations are furnished for pay to transient or permanent gu…
27 V.I.C. § 402 Safes; limited liability
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The proprietor, lessee, or manager of any hotel shall provide a safe in the office of such hotel or other convenient place for the safekeeping of any money, jewelry, ornaments, bank notes, bonds, negotiable securities, precious stones, articles of gold and silver manufacture, or …
27 V.I.C. § 403 Loss of clothing and other personal property; limited liability
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(a) No hotel proprietor, lessee, or manager shall be liable—(1) for damage to or loss of wearing apparel or any baggage or other property of a guest in any sum exceeding the sum of $100, unless such hotelkeeper by an agreement in writing individually, or in writing by the authori…
27 V.I.C. § 404 Register
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Hotelkeepers shall keep guest registers, but they shall not be obligated to retain such record for more than two years. Such registers shall show the name, residence, date of arrival and departure of guests, and the rate of their room. Whenever such proprietor, lessee or manager …
27 V.I.C. § 405 Property liens
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Hotelkeepers shall have a lien upon the baggage and other valuables of their guests brought into such hotel by such guests or tenants or under their control. Every hotelkeeper who has a lien on property, consistent with the provisions of this section and every hotelkeeper who has…
27 V.I.C. § 406 Refusal of accommodation
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(a) A hotelkeeper or agent may exclude any person from enjoyment of any accommodation, facility or privilege furnished on his premises, and/or may exclude any person from the premises or any part thereof, by refusal to permit such person to enjoy the same or to enter or remain on…
27 V.I.C. § 407 Eviction of guests and other persons
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Every hotelkeeper may, in a reasonable and appropriate manner, evict a person from his hotel (the hotel directed by him) when such person insists on violating the rules and regulations approved by said hotel in spite of having been notified about same and of having been warned th…
27 V.I.C. § 408 Posting of hotel rates
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Every keeper of a hotel shall post in each room of such hotel a printed copy of this section and a statement of the charges or rate of charges by the day for such room. No charge or sum shall be collected or received by any such hotelkeeper at a higher rate for the use of such ro…