(1) An innkeeper who accommodates strangers commercially is to provide compensation for the damage incurred by the loss of, destruction of or damage to things brought in by a guest accommodated in the course of operating such a business.
(2) The following are deemed to have been brought in:
1. things that during the time when the guest was accommodated were brought into the inn or to a place indicated by the innkeeper or the helpers of the innkeeper or to a place generally intended for this purpose by the innkeeper outside the inn, or otherwise taken into safekeeping outside the inn by the innkeeper or their helpers,
2. things that within a reasonable time limit prior to or after the time when the guest was first accommodated were taken into custody by the innkeeper or their helpers.
In the case of an instruction or assumption of custody by the helpers of the innkeeper, however, this only applies if they were ordered or were to be considered as having been ordered to do this in the circumstances.
(3) Liability in damages is not incurred if the loss, destruction or damage is caused by the guest, a person accompanying the guest or a person that the guest has taken in, or by the nature of the things or by force majeure.
(4) Liability in damages does not extend to vehicles, to things left in a vehicle, or to live animals.