Iowa Code § 583.1: Definitions.

For the purposes of this chapter:

1. “Baggage” shall include all property which is in any hotel belonging to or under the control of any guest.

2. “Guest” shall include boarder and patron, or any legal occupant of any hotel as herein defined.

3. “Hotel” shall include inn, rooming house, and eating house, or any structure where rooms or board are furnished, whether to permanent or transient occupants.

4. “Hotelkeeper” shall mean a person who owns or operates a hotel.