Tex. Occ. Code Section 2155.053
Gratuitous Bailee

(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:

(1)

forwards the property to the hotel, apartment hotel, or boardinghouse before becoming a guest;

(2)

leaves the property in the hotel, apartment hotel, or boardinghouse lobby before checking the property or becoming a guest; or

(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.

(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.
Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.

Source: Section 2155.053 — Gratuitous Bailee, https://statutes.­capitol.­texas.­gov/Docs/OC/htm/OC.­2155.­htm#2155.­053 (accessed Jun. 5, 2024).

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