Ohio Code § 4721.01
Ohio Code § 4721.01. Reproduced from the official Ohio Revised Code, with a citation summary, verification link, and related provisions.
§ 4721.01.
An innkeeper, whether a person, partnership, or corporation, having in his inn a metal
safe or vault in good order suitable for the custody of money, bank notes, jewelry,
articles of gold and silver manufacture, precious stones, personal ornaments, railroad
mileage books or tickets, negotiable or valuable papers, and bullion, and keeping
on the doors of the sleeping rooms used by his guests suitable locks or bolts, and
on the transoms and windows of such rooms suitable fastenings, and keeping a copy
of this section printed in distinct type conspicuously suspended in the office, ladies'
parlor or sitting room, barroom, washroom, and five other conspicuous places in such
inn, or not less than ten conspicuous places in all, shall not be liable for loss
or injury suffered by a guest, unless such guest has offered to deliver such property
to such innkeeper for custody in such metal safe or vault, and the innkeeper has omitted
or refused to take and deposit it in the safe or vault for custody and give the guest
a receipt therefor.
Source: official Ohio text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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- Citation: Ohio Revised Code § 4721.01
- Jurisdiction: Ohio
- Code: Ohio Revised Code
- Text: transcribed from the official source (verify below)
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