137C.25 - RIGHT OF HOTEL OPERATOR TO DENY SERVICES.
137C.25 RIGHT OF HOTEL OPERATOR TO DENY SERVICES.
1. A person operating a hotel has the right to refuse or deny the
use of a room, accommodations, facilities, or other privileges of the
hotel to any of the following:
a. An individual unwilling or unable to pay for the room,
accommodations, facilities, or other privileges of the hotel.
b. An individual who is visibly publicly intoxicated or under
the influence of alcohol or some other illegal drug, or who is
disorderly so as to create a public nuisance.
c. An individual the hotel operator reasonably believes is
seeking to use a room, accommodations, facilities, or other
privileges of the hotel for an unlawful purpose.
d. An individual the hotel operator reasonably believes is
bringing in anything which may create an unreasonable danger or risk
to other persons, including but not limited to firearms or
explosives.
e. An individual whose use of the room, accommodations,
facilities, or other privileges of the hotel would result in a
violation of the maximum capacity of such hotel.
2. A hotel operator who reasonably refuses or denies the use of a
room, accommodations, facilities, or other privileges of the hotel
pursuant to this section is not subject to any civil or criminal
action or any fine or other penalty, unless the refusal or denial is
a violation of state or federal law. Section History: Recent Form
94 Acts, ch 1032, §1
Referred to in § 137C.25D