The innkeeper may provide a safe or other place of deposit for valuable articles and, by posting a notice thereof, may require guests of the innkeeper to place such valuable articles therein or the innkeeper shall be relieved from responsibility for such articles. For all valuable articles placed by a guest with an innkeeper for safekeeping, the innkeeper shall give a receipt therefor to evidence the fact of such deposit. No guest shall recover from the innkeeper more than $750.00 for loss of valuable articles deposited with the innkeeper for safekeeping unless such guest shall possess a receipt of the innkeeper for the valuable articles claimed to have been lost.
History. Orig. Code 1863, § 2098; Code 1868, § 2093; Code 1873, § 2119; Code 1882, § 2119; Civil Code 1895, § 2937; Civil Code 1910, § 3510; Ga. L. 1922, p. 52, § 1; Code 1933, § 52-110; Ga. L. 1984, p. 924, § 1.
Cross references.
Deposits generally, § 44-12-90 et seq.
Law reviews.
For annual survey on law of torts, see 43 Mercer L. Rev. 395 (1991).
Structure Georgia Code
Title 43 - Professions and Businesses
Chapter 21 - Operators of Hotels, Inns, and Roadhouses
Article 1 - Rights, Duties, and Liabilities of Innkeepers
§ 43-21-2. Depositories for Hire
§ 43-21-3. Duty of Innkeeper to Receive Guests
§ 43-21-3.1. Notice of Termination of Occupancy by Innkeeper
§ 43-21-4. Innkeeper as Depository for Hire; Rules Governing Liability
§ 43-21-5. Attachment of Lien on Property of Guests or Their Agents; Priorities
§ 43-21-6. Enforcement of Lien Created by Code Section 43-21-5
§ 43-21-7. Checks or Receipts for Baggage
§ 43-21-8. Liability of Innkeeper for Stolen Goods
§ 43-21-9. Acts Constituting Entrustment of Property to Innkeeper
§ 43-21-10. Deposit of Valuables by Guest With Innkeeper
§ 43-21-11. Limitation on Liability of Innkeeper When Valuables Deposited With Him
§ 43-21-12. Loss of or Injury to Property by Innkeeper
§ 43-21-13. Defrauding Innkeeper