§ 34-33-2 - Sale of goods – Notice.
SECTION 34-33-2
§ 34-33-2 Sale of goods – Notice.– Any hotelkeeper or innkeeper who shall have a lien for accommodation, board andlodging or extras upon any baggage, goods, chattels, or property as provided in§ 34-33-1, or who, for a period of six (6) months shall have in his or hercustody any unclaimed trunk, box, valise, package or parcel, or other chattelproperty, may sell the property at public auction to the highest bidder forcash and out of the proceeds of the sale may retain the expense of storage,advertisement, and sale thereof, as well as the amount of lien, if any;provided, however, that not less than fifteen (15) days prior to the date ofthe sale, a notice designating the time and place of the sale, and containing abrief general description of the goods, baggage, or articles to be sold, shallbe published in a newspaper published in the city or town in which the hotel orinn is situated, and if there is no newspaper published in the city or town,then in a newspaper published in the county where the hotel or inn is situated;and provided, further, that if the name and address of the guest or owner ofthe goods, baggage or articles appears on the records of the hotelkeeper orinnkeeper, a copy of the published notice shall be mailed to the guest or ownerat the address by registered or certified mail, postage prepaid, not less thanten (10) days prior to the date of the sale.