For any loss of or damage to any property brought into any hotel, restaurant, apartment house, motel, or rooming house, arising out of the negligence of the proprietor or his or her agents or servants, the proprietor thereof shall not be liable for an amount in excess of one thousand dollars unless such guest shall have declared a greater value upon the property in writing and delivered such declaration, while a guest thereof, to the hotel, restaurant, apartment house, motel, or rooming house, in which event recovery of the actual damages sustained may be allowed but not in excess of the value so declared. Forms for making such declaration shall be furnished by the hotel, restaurant, apartment house, motel, or rooming house. A copy thereof signed by the proprietor or his or her agent shall be delivered to the guest. A copy of this section printed in not smaller than ten-point type shall be conspicuously posted in the public areas and in each room of each hotel, restaurant, apartment house, motel, or rooming house desiring to obtain the benefit of this section.

Terms Used In Nebraska Statutes 41-213

  • Apartment house: shall mean every building or other structure kept, used, maintained, advertised, or held out to the public to be a place where accommodations for living rooms, either furnished or unfurnished, single or in suites for light housekeeping, or both, are furnished for permanent guests, but where no dining room or cafe is maintained in the same building or under the same management, and where five or more tenants occupy such buildings, together with any buildings in connection therewith. See Nebraska Statutes 41-206
  • Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
  • Hotel: shall mean every building or other structure kept, used, maintained, advertised, or held out to the public to be a place where sleeping and other accommodations are offered for pay, principally to transient guests, in which ten or more persons are accommodated or five or more rooms are used principally for the accommodation of transient guests, with or without one or more dining rooms or cafes where meals or lunches are served to such guests, together with any buildings in connection therewith. See Nebraska Statutes 41-202
  • Motel: shall mean a roadside hotel providing both lodging for travelers, whether in individual cabins or not, and garage or parking space for their motor vehicles. See Nebraska Statutes 41-203
  • Rooming house: shall mean every building or other structure kept, used, maintained, advertised, or held out to the public to be a place where sleeping accommodations are furnished for pay to transient or permanent guests in which five or more rooms are used for the accommodation of such guests, but which does not maintain dining rooms or cafes in connection therewith, and which has not been designated as a hotel or boarding house. See Nebraska Statutes 41-204
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