97.634 Hotelkeeper's liability for baggage; limitation. Every guest and intended guest of any hotel upon delivering to the hotelkeeper any baggage or other property for safekeeping, elsewhere than in the room assigned to the guest, shall demand and the hotelkeeper shall give a check or receipt, to evidence the delivery. No hotelkeeper shall be liable for the loss of or injury to the baggage or other property of a hotel guest, unless it was delivered to the hotelkeeper for safekeeping or unless the loss or injury occurred through the negligence of the hotelkeeper.
History: 1975 c. 413 s. 15; Stats. 1975 s. 50.81; 1991 a. 316; 1993 a. 27 s. 86; Stats. 1993 s. 254.81; 2015 a. 55 s. 4096; 2015 Stats. s. 97.634.
Structure Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations
Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations
Chapter 97 - Food, lodging, and recreation.
97.02 - Standards; adulterated food.
97.03 - Standards; misbranding.
97.13 - Sale of fish flour regulated.
97.17 - Buttermaker and cheesemaker license.
97.175 - Butter and cheese grader license requirements.
97.176 - Butter; grading; label.
97.177 - Cheese; grading; labeling.
97.18 - Oleomargarine regulations.
97.21 - Milk haulers and milk distributors.
97.23 - Drug residues in milk.
97.24 - Milk and milk products.
97.25 - Use of synthetic bovine growth hormone; labeling of dairy products.
97.29 - Food processing plants.
97.30 - Retail food establishments.
97.305 - Restaurants serving fish.
97.307 - Average annual surveys.
97.32 - Special dairy and food inspectors.
97.33 - Certificate of food protection practices.
97.34 - Bottled drinking water and soda water beverage; standards; sampling and analysis.
97.41 - Retail food: agent status for local health departments.
97.42 - Compulsory inspection of livestock or poultry, and meat or poultry products.
97.43 - Meat from dead or diseased animals.
97.44 - Identification of meat for animal feed; registration and records of buyers.
97.57 - Planted or cultivated rice.
97.60 - Coordination; certification.
97.605 - Lodging and vending licenses.
97.607 - Pre-licensing inspection.
97.61 - Vending machine commissary outside the state.
97.615 - Agent status for local health departments.
97.617 - Application; lodging and vending.
97.62 - Health and safety; standard.
97.625 - Powers of the department and local health departments.
97.627 - Causing fires by tobacco smoking.
97.633 - Hotelkeeper's liability.
97.634 - Hotelkeeper's liability for baggage; limitation.
97.635 - Liability of hotelkeeper for loss of property by fire or theft; owner's risk.
97.638 - Hotel rates posted; rate charges; special rates.
97.67 - Recreational licenses and fees.
97.70 - Authority of department of safety and professional services.