quincy
Senior Member
Here is a link to a Maine legal aid organization on some of the differences between tenants and guests:
https://ptla.org/motels-hotels-and-rooming-houses
https://ptla.org/motels-hotels-and-rooming-houses
Probably because we don't have a hotel/motel law sub-forum.Why is this in the landlord/tenant section of the forum?
That’s true. I guess this sub-forum is as good as any other. And it is conceivable that landlord/tenant laws apply anyway.Probably because we don't have a hotel/motel law sub-forum.
psst.....OP is in MO.Here is a link to a Maine legal aid organization on some of the differences between tenants and guests:
https://ptla.org/motels-hotels-and-rooming-houses
Oops. I quoted the correct Missouri law earlier. I don’t know where Maine came from .... maybe I just want to visit Maine.psst.....OP is in MO.
??? Am I missing something?Stop by on your way through. But don't come right away - Maine has pretty strict laws about self-quarantining these days.
There are several old motels and hotels scattered throughout the country that have been converted to weekly rentals for low-income residents.This one sort of makes me wonder what my state has to say as far as legal definitions and motel-hotel vs landlord tenant. Over the years I have seen so many older motels end up doing longer term rental only because they couldn't get any occupants any other way or would not survive with out longer term rentals and many of those were places built in the so called motel golden years when big chain operators didn't exist. Even in the town where my regular full time position it has seen one motel operator sell out and now its a Lil general gas and conv store and the other had been closed a few years due to owners wife being ill and advanced age and it was sold to become ( privately owned ) long term Pine Technical student housing. ( down in the twin cities area there are SO many of what were once mom and pop operated motels where the majority of the customers are all longer term residents or county paid for shelter clients) Anyway OP just so you know you may want to look into local ordinances to see if your city or county has addressed this kind of housing if your state has not.