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title: O.C.G.A. § 3-9-10. Definitions.
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# O.C.G.A. § 3-9-10. Definitions.

As used in this article, the term:

(1) “Hotel” means any hotel, inn, or other establishment which offers overnight accommodations to the public for hire.

(2) “In-room service” means:

(A) The delivery of alcoholic beverages by an employee of the hotel to a registered guest’s room or to a registered guest at any other location in the same building as the hotel when such alcoholic beverages have been ordered by the guest and when the guest shall be billed for the cost of such alcoholic beverages at the time of delivery and when the sale of such alcoholic beverages is completed at the time of delivery; and

(B) The provision of a cabinet or other facility located in a hotel’s guest room which contains alcoholic beverages and which is provided upon written request of the guest and which is accessible by lock and key only to the guest and for which the sale of the alcoholic beverages contained therein is deemed to be final at the time requested except for a credit which may be given to the guest for any unused portion.

(3) “Registered guest” means the lessor or tenant of one or more hotel rooms; the lessor, tenant, or owner of a condominium unit located in the same building as one or more hotel rooms; or the lessor, owner, or tenant of a commercial space located in the same building as one or more hotel rooms, provided that the name of such lessor, owner, or tenant appears on a guest registry maintained by the hotel.

## History

Code 1981, § 3-9-10, enacted by Ga. L. 1986, p. 778, § 1; Ga. L. 1994, p. 553, § 4; Ga. L. 1997, p. 483, § 1; Ga. L. 2021, p. 391, § 2/HB 392.

## Amendments

The 2021 amendment, effective May 4, 2021, deleted “in unbroken packages” following “alcoholic beverages” near the beginning of subparagraph (2)(A).