{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-occupations-code-2155.053","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Occupations Code § 2155.053","heading":"GRATUITOUS BAILEE.","body":"(a) A hotel, apartment hotel, or boardinghouse keeper may hold a person's property, including baggage, at the keeper's option and at the property owner's risk if the property owner:\n(1) forwards the property to the hotel, apartment hotel, or boardinghouse before becoming a guest;\n(2) leaves the property in the hotel, apartment hotel, or boardinghouse lobby before checking the property or becoming a guest; or\n(3) allows the property to remain in the hotel, apartment hotel, or boardinghouse after the innkeeper and guest relationship has ceased and without checking the property.\n(b) If a person checks property at a hotel, apartment hotel, or boardinghouse and leaves the property at the hotel, apartment hotel, or boardinghouse free of charge for one week without being a guest, the hotel, apartment hotel, or boardinghouse keeper may, absent a special agreement, continue to hold the property after the first week at the property owner's risk.\nActs 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.","path":["OCCUPATIONS CODE","TITLE 13. SPORTS, AMUSEMENTS, AND ENTERTAINMENT","SUBTITLE D. OTHER AMUSEMENTS AND ENTERTAINMENT","CHAPTER 2155. HOTELS AND BOARDINGHOUSES","SUBCHAPTER B. LIABILITY FOR PERSONAL PROPERTY ON PREMISES"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/OC/htm/OC.2155.htm#2155.053","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:31Z","sha256":"321410e57ac808372e88f61a3c37771c4392df304d46d8d417e42bcc680cfc1f","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-occupations-code-2155.052","next":"us-tx/tex.-occupations-code-2155.101"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}