{"data":{"id":"us-ky/krs-306.020","jurisdiction":"us-ky","citation":"KRS 306.020","heading":"Limited liability when safe is provided.","body":"(1) The proprietor of any hotel may provide a safe in a convenient place, for the\nsafekeeping of money, jewelry, furs, securities or other valuable papers or other\nvaluable property of small compass belonging to the guests, and post a copy of this\nsection in a  public and conspicuous place and manner in the office, public rooms\nand public parlors of the hotel, notifying the guests that a safe is provided in which\nsuch property may be deposited. Then, if the guests neglect to deliver such property\nto the person i n charge of the office for deposit in the safe, the proprietor shall not\nbe liable for any loss of such property sustained by the guests by negligence of the\nproprietor or hotel employees, or by fire, theft, burglary or any other cause.\n(2) However, no pro prietor of any hotel shall be obligated to receive property on\ndeposit for safekeeping exceeding three hundred dollars ($300) in value. If guests\ndeliver property of a greater value to the person in charge of the office for deposit in\nthe safe, the proprietor shall not be liable for the loss or damage thereof sustained in\nany sum exceeding three hundred dollars ($300), notwithstanding the property may\nbe of greater value, unless the guests make a special agreement in writing with the\nproprietor.","path":["KRS Chapter 306"],"source_url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=30304","current_through":"Includes enactments through the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"09/05/2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T20:58:01Z","sha256":"53376465f335b06c52199b49f2ec62bf97e9a320d16d0c76d501c67442903282","source_id":"us-ky","stale":false,"prev":"us-ky/krs-306.010","next":"us-ky/krs-306.030"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}