Inn-Keepers Act

RSBC 1996

Limitation of liability for property of guest
(1) No innkeeper is liable to make good to a guest loss of or injury to goods or property brought to the inn, except if the goods or property have been
(a) stolen, lost or injured through the willful act, default or neglect of the innkeeper or the innkeeper’s servant, or
(b) deposited expressly for safe custody with the innkeeper, except that in case of the deposit the innkeeper may require as a condition of liability that the goods or property be deposited in a box or other receptacle, fastened and sealed by the person depositing the goods or property.

(2) If the vehicle of a guest has been delivered to the custody of the innkeeper or the innkeeper’s servant expressly for storage or parking in a place specifically reserved and designated by the innkeeper for the storing or parking of vehicles, the liability of the innkeeper is that of a bailee for reward.

Notice of law to be conspicuously posted in rooms of inn
(1) Every innkeeper must keep conspicuously posted in the office and public rooms and in every bedroom in the inn a copy of section 3, printed in plain type.

(2) An innkeeper is entitled to the benefit of section 3 for the goods or property brought to the inn only while the copies are posted.