Indiana Code
Chapter 7. Liability of Hotels for Loss of Property of Guests
32-33-7-4. Notice; Guest Bringing Property Into Hotel

Sec. 4. A hotel, an apartment hotel, or an inn and its proprietor or manager are not liable for the loss of or damage to any merchandise samples or merchandise for sale, whether the loss or damage is occasioned by the negligence of the proprietor or manager or the proprietor's or manager's agents or otherwise, unless:
(1) the guest or other owner has given prior written notice of having brought the merchandise into the hotel and of the value of the merchandise; and
(2) the receipt of the notice has been acknowledged in writing by the proprietor, manager, or other agent.
However, the liability of the hotel, apartment hotel, inn, or the proprietor or manager may not exceed four hundred dollars ($400) unless the manager or proprietor of the hotel, apartment hotel, or inn has contracted in writing to assume a greater liability.
[Pre-2002 Recodification Citation: 32-8-28-3.]
As added by P.L.2-2002, SEC.18.