Illinois Compiled Statutes 740 ILCS 90 — Innkeeper Protection Act.

Short title

Short title. This Act may be cited as the Innkeeper Protection Act. (Source: P.A. 86-1324.)

Whenever the proprietor or manager of any hotel provides a safe or vault in a convenient place, for the safe keeping of any money, jewels, ornaments, bank notes, bonds, negotiable security, or other valuable papers, precious stones, railroad tickets, articles of silver or gold, or any other valuable property and person…

Every hotel proprietor shall have a lien upon all the baggage and effects brought into said hotel by his guests for any and all proper charges due him from such guests for hotel accommodations, and said hotel proprietor shall have the right to detain such baggage and effects until the amount of such charges shall have…

As to any and all property and effects not provided for in Section 1 of this Act, other than merchandise samples or merchandise for sale, brought into a hotel by any guest thereof, the liability of such hotel or the proprietor or manager thereof for any and all loss thereof or damage thereto is limited to such loss or…

No hotel or the proprietor or manager thereof is liable for the loss of or damage to any merchandise samples or merchandise for sale brought into a hotel by a guest or other owner thereof, regardless of whether such loss or damage is occasioned by theft, the fault or negligence of such proprietor or manager or his agen…

Where the proprietor or manager of a hotel transports to or from the hotel in conveyance owned or operated by the hotel any property or effects of any kind whatsoever on behalf of a guest thereof, such hotel or the manager or proprietor thereof is not liable to such guest or other owner of such property or effects for…

In case of loss of or damage to any property or effects left by a guest after he has departed from any hotel and ceased to be a guest thereof, and in the case of loss of or damage to any property or effects forwarded to such hotel by a person prior to becoming a guest thereof, the liability of the proprietor is that of…

Any person who, with intent to defraud, shall obtain lodging, food, money, property or other accommodation at a hotel, inn, boarding house or lodging house without paying therefor shall be guilty of a Class A misdemeanor. In case of a second conviction of the offense described, the punishment shall be that provided for…

Proof that lodging, food, money, property, or other accommodations were obtained either by false pretense or false representations, or by false or fictitious show or pretense of baggage, or by failing or refusing to pay for such lodging, food, money, property or other accommodations on demand, or by making a purported…

The word "hotel" within the meaning of this act includes every building or structure kept, used, maintained, advertised, and held out to the public to be a place where lodging, or lodging and food, or apartments, or suites, or other accommodations are offered for adequate pay to travelers and guests, whether transient,…

Any person who shall remove or attempt to remove from any hotel, inn, boarding house or lodging house any article of property belonging to such hotel, inn, boarding house or lodging house shall be guilty of a Class A misdemeanor. (Source: P.A. 77-2529.)

Refusal of admission

Refusal of admission. A proprietor or manager of a hotel may refuse to admit or refuse service or accommodations to a person who: (1) while on the premises of the hotel, destroys or threatens to destroy hotel property or causes or threatens to cause a public disturbance; or (2) is seeking accommodations for the unlawfu…

Right to eject

Right to eject. (a) A proprietor or manager of a hotel may remove or cause to be removed from a hotel a guest or other person who: (1) refuses to pay for accommodations or services; (2) while on the premises of the hotel, destroys or threatens to destroy hotel property, verbally or physically threatens employees or gue…