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2018 Georgia Code 43-21-3.2 | Car Wreck Lawyer

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O.C.G.A. 43-21-3.2 Case Law from Google Scholar Amendments to OCGA 43-21-3.2

TITLE 43 PROFESSIONS AND BUSINESSES

Section 21. Operators of Hotels, Inns, and Roadhouses, 43-21-1 through 43-21-62.

ARTICLE 1 RIGHTS, DUTIES, AND LIABILITIES OF INNKEEPERS

43-21-3.2. Written statement of period of occupancy signed by guest; rights of innkeeper and guest under contract.

A written statement prominently setting forth in bold type the time period during which a guest may occupy an assigned room, when separately signed or initialed by the guest, is a valid nonassignable contract.At the expiration of such time period, the guest may be restrained from entering such room and any property of the guest may be removed by the innkeeper to a secure place where the guest may recover his or her property without liability to the innkeeper, except for damages to or loss of such property attributable to its removal.If a guest vacates his or her room prior to the date contained in the written statement, that guest shall not be liable for charges for the time after the room is vacated unless the guest has agreed otherwise before occupying the room.

(Code 1981, §43-21-3.2, enacted by Ga. L. 1994, p. 498, § 1.)

Cases Citing O.C.G.A. § 43-21-3.2

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Efficiency Lodge, Inc. v. Neason, 889 S.E.2d 789 (Ga. 2023).

Cited 10 times | Published | Supreme Court of Georgia | Jun 21, 2023 | 316 Ga. 551

...Instead, the innkeeper may use a statutory “lockout” remedy when certain conditions are met: the guest must have signed a written statement “prominently setting forth in bold type the time period during which [the] guest may occupy an assigned room,” and the agreed-upon time period must have expired. OCGA § 43-21-3.2....
...a motel might seek to rely on the statutory remedy granted to an “innkeeper” to “restrain” a holdover “guest” from entering his room under the separate statutory framework that governs inns and their 12 guests. OCGA § 43-21-3.2....
...isit the separate questions whether the parties were in an innkeeper-guest relation- ship and, if so, whether Efficiency Lodge could properly take ad- vantage of the “lockout” remedy granted to innkeepers under the conditions set out in OCGA § 43-21-3.2. Judgment vacated and case remanded with direction....