It shall be the duty of every guest and of everyone intending to be a guest of any hotel in this state, upon delivering to the proprietor of such hotel, or to his servants, any baggage or other articles of property of such guest for safekeeping, elsewhere than to the room assigned to such guest, to demand, and of such hotel proprietor to give, a check or receipt therefor in such case, to evidence the fact of such delivery.

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Terms Used In South Dakota Codified Laws 43-40-3

  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • Property: includes property, real and personal. See South Dakota Codified Laws 2-14-2

Source: SL 1913, ch 237, § 3; RC 1919, § 1000; SDC 1939, § 60.0703.