Terms Used In Idaho Code 39-1807

  • Guest: means any person who is registered in a hotel, or who is in the hotel and intends to register, and each person in such hotel who is present in the hotel with the registrant at the registrant’s invitation. See Idaho Code 39-1801
  • Hotel: means every building or structure kept, used, maintained or advertised as an inn, hotel or public lodging house, or place where sleeping accommodations are furnished for hire to transient guests, whether with or without meals, in which more than ten (10) rooms are used for the accommodation of such guests. See Idaho Code 39-1801
  • Hotelkeeper: means the owner, operator, management company, proprietor, keeper, manager or lessee of a hotel. See Idaho Code 39-1801
  • Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
  • Property: includes both real and personal property. See Idaho Code 73-114
  • Registered mail: includes certified mail. See Idaho Code 73-114
  • Remainder: An interest in property that takes effect in the future at a specified time or after the occurrence of some event, such as the death of a life tenant.
The hotelkeeper shall retain such baggage and other property upon which he has a lien as provided in section 39-1806, Idaho Code, for a period of thirty (30) days. At the expiration of such time if such lien is not fully satisfied he may proceed to sell such baggage and other personal property or a part thereof at public auction after posting notice of the sale as provided by law upon execution, and by mailing a notice fifteen (15) days prior to the sale by registered mail of the time and place of such sale to such guest at the address given by the guest on the hotel register. The proceeds of the sale shall be applied first to cost of the sale and attorney’s fees and then to the discharge of the lien. The remainder, if any, must be paid to the guest. Provided, however, if the hotelkeeper knew that the property brought upon his premises was not, when brought, legally in possession of such guest, or had written notice that such property was not then the property of such guest, at the time when such charges or indebtedness were incurred, such property shall not be subject to the lien or sale as hereinbefore provided.