{"data":{"id":"us-wi/wis.-stat.-97.635","jurisdiction":"us-wi","citation":"Wis. Stat. § 97.635","heading":"Liability of hotelkeeper for loss of property by fire or theft; owner’s risk.","body":"A hotelkeeper is not liable for the loss of baggage or other property of a hotel guest by a fire unintentionally produced by the hotelkeeper. Every hotelkeeper is liable for loss of baggage or other property of a guest caused by theft or gross negligence of the hotelkeeper. The liability may not exceed $200 for each trunk and its contents, $75 for each valise and its contents and $10 for each box, bundle or package and contents, so placed under the care of the hotelkeeper; and $50 for all other effects including wearing apparel and personal belongings, unless the hotelkeeper has agreed in writing with the guest to assume a greater liability. When any person permits his or her baggage or property to remain in any hotel after the person’s status as a guest has ceased, or forwards the baggage or property to a hotel before becoming a guest and the baggage or property is received into the hotel, the hotelkeeper holds the baggage or property at the risk of the owner.","path":["Chs. 91-100, Agriculture; Foods and Drugs; Markets","Chapter 97 Food, Lodging, and Recreation","SUBCHAPTER III LODGING AND VENDING MACHINES"],"source_url":"https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/statutes/97.635","current_through":"2023-24 Wisconsin Statutes updated through 2025 Wis. Act 247 (published 9-4-26)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T12:00:44Z","sha256":"199231ec556298b08aa0e323b8b61e2e493ff75e15e223f4d0970f34e9b7796c","source_id":"us-wi","stale":false,"prev":"us-wi/wis.-stat.-97.634","next":"us-wi/wis.-stat.-97.638"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}