The Vermont Statutes Online
The Statutes below include the actions of the 2025 session of the General Assembly.
NOTE: The Vermont Statutes Online is an unofficial copy of the Vermont Statutes Annotated that is provided as a convenience.
Subchapter
005
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THEFT OF SERVICES
(Cite as: 13 V.S.A. § 2585)
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§ 2585. Hotel lien
(a) A hotel shall have a lien for the reasonable value of any service furnished or for
the amount of any accommodation extended by cashing drafts, checks, or otherwise to
a person upon all baggage and other property belonging to or under the control of
such person and in or on the premises of such hotel and may retain possession of such
property until the same are paid.
(b) The hotel may enforce the lien by sale as provided in 9 V.S.A. §§ 1952 and 1953. The owner of such property subject to hotel lien who desires to question the reasonableness
of such charges shall have the rights provided in 9 V.S.A. § 1954. (Added 1967, No. 202, § 5, eff. April 17, 1967.)