The owner or keeper of any hotel, inn, lodginghouse, restaurant, eating house or boardinghouse shall have a lien upon and, to the extent and in the manner provided for in section fourteen of this article, may retain possession of the baggage, luggage or other personal property of any kind, brought to such hotel, inn, lodginghouse, restaurant, eating house or boardinghouse by, or with the consent of, the owner thereof, for the amount of his lawful claim for lodging, board or other accommodations or facilities furnished by him at that time to such person bringing the same, or to any other person for whose charges the person so bringing such property is liable.
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Article 11. Miscellaneous Liens and Pledges
§38-11-1. Definition of Lienor
§38-11-2. Rights of Lienor in Property Subject to Other Claims; Priority
§38-11-3. Improver's, Storer's or Transporter's Lien on Personal Property and Animals
§38-11-4. Lien of Bailee of Animals or Vehicles
§38-11-5. Lien for Lodging and Board
§38-11-6. Lien of Humane Officer
§38-11-7. Recovery of Possession From Owner by Lienor
§38-11-8. Lien for Service of Male Animals
§38-11-9. Workman's or Materialman's Lien on Vessel
§38-11-10. Lienor's Right to Compensation and Lien for Storage
§38-11-11. Assignability of Liens
§38-11-12. Liability of Lienor or Pledgee for Safe Return of Property Delivered to Another
§38-11-13. How Possessory Lien May Be Waived, Lost or Released
§38-11-14. Enforcement of Lien or Pledge
§38-11-15. Sale or Disposition of Perishable or Hazardous Goods by Lienor or Pledgee