Nevada Code § 651.010

Civil liability of innkeepers for theft, loss, damage or destruction of property brought by patron on premises or left in motor vehicle upon premises
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1. An owner or keeper of any hotel, inn,
motel, motor court, boardinghouse or lodging house in this State is not civilly
liable for the theft, loss, damage or destruction of any property brought by a
patron upon the premises or left in a motor vehicle upon the premises because
of theft, burglary, fire or otherwise, in the absence of gross neglect by the
owner or keeper.
2. An owner or keeper of any hotel, inn,
motel, motor court, boardinghouse or lodging house in this State is not civilly
liable for the theft, loss, damage or destruction of any property of a guest
left in a guest room if:
(a) The owner or keeper provides a fireproof safe
or vault in which guests may deposit property for safekeeping;
(b) Notice of this service is personally given to
a guest or posted in the office and the guests room; and
(c) The property is not offered for deposit in
the safe or vault by a guest,
unless the
owner or keeper is grossly negligent.
3. An owner or keeper is not obligated to receive
property to deposit for safekeeping which exceeds $750 in value or is of a size
which cannot easily fit within the safe or vault.
4. The liability of the owner or keeper
does not exceed the sum of $750 for any property, including, but not limited
to, property which is not deposited in a safe or vault because it cannot easily
fit within the safe or vault, of an individual patron or guest, unless the
owner or keeper receives the property for deposit for safekeeping and consents
to assume a liability greater than $750 for its theft, loss, damage or
destruction in a written agreement in which the patron or guest specifies the
value of the property.

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