419.060. Lien on baggage and wages.
Lien on baggage and wages.
419.060. 1. The keeper of any inn, hotel or boardinghouse,whether individual, partnership or corporation, shall have a lienon the baggage and other property in and about such inn broughtto the same by or under the control of his guests or boarders,and upon the wages of such guests or boarders for the propercharges due him from such guests, or boarders, for theaccommodation, board and lodging, and for all money paid for oradvanced to them not to exceed the sum of two hundred dollars,and for such other extras as are furnished at the request of suchguests, and said innkeeper or hotel keeper shall have the rightto detain such baggage and other property until the amount ofsuch charges are paid and such baggage and other property shallbe exempt from attachment or execution until such innkeeper'slien and the cost of satisfying it are paid.
2. The innkeeper, boardinghouse or hotel keeper shall retainsuch baggage and other property upon which he has a lien for aperiod of ninety days, at the expiration of which time, if suchlien is not satisfied, he may sell such baggage and otherproperty at public auction, first giving notice of the time andplace of sale by posting at least three notices thereof in publicplaces in the county where the inn or hotel is situated and alsoby mailing a copy of such notice addressed to said guest orboarder at the place of residence designated by the register ofsuch inn or hotel. And after satisfying the lien and any costthat may accrue, any residue remaining shall, on demand, withinsix months, be paid to such guest or boarder, and if not sodemanded within six months from date of sale, such residue shallbe deposited by such innkeeper with the treasurer of the countyin which the inn or hotel is situated, together with a statementof the innkeeper's claim and the cost of enforcing the same, acopy of the notice given, and of the amount received for thegoods sold at said sale; said residue shall be retained by thecounty treasurer for a period of one year, and if not claimedwithin that time by the owner thereof, the county treasurer shallpay the same into the state treasury, and it shall be placed tothe credit of the escheat fund.
(RSMo 1939 §§ 3589, 3590, 9930, A. 1949 H.B. 2112)Prior revisions: 1929 §§ 3199, 3200, 13090; 1919 §§ 7259, 7260, 5868; 1909 §§ 8247, 8248
(1970) Innkeeper's lien does not extend to keeper of "rooming house". Jackson v. Enger (A.), 453 S.W.2d 615.