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HRS §486K-6

Hotel's duty to protect guest belongings from fire

A hotel is only responsible for your belongings if it fails to use ordinary care, and only for losses caused by fire or other events the hotel cannot control. The hotel is not automatically liable for such losses.

The statute, as written — Hotelkeeper's liability in case of fire, etc

A hotelkeeper shall only be liable to any guest of the hotel for ordinary and reasonable care in the custody of money, jewels, bank notes, precious stones, transportation tickets, negotiable or valuable papers, ornaments, baggage, wearing apparel, or other chattels or property belonging to any guest, whether specially entrusted to the keeper or the keeper's agent, or deposited in the safe of the hotel, for any loss occasioned by fire or by any other cause or force over which the hotelkeeper had no control.
Read the official text at capitol.hawaii.gov ↗as published Jan 6, 2026our copy taken Aug 20, 2026

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