Every person who shall, at any hotel, inn, eating, lodging or boardinghouse or restaurant, receive or cause to be furnished any food or accommodation, with intent to defraud the owner or keeper of such hotel, inn, eating, lodging or boardinghouse or restaurant, and any person who obtains credit at any hotel, inn, eating, lodging or boardinghouse or restaurant, by the use of any false pretense or device, or by depositing in such hotel, inn, eating, lodging or boardinghouse or restaurant, any baggage or property of less value than the amount of such credit, or of the bill by such person incurred, with such fraudulent intent, and any person who, after obtaining credit or accommodation at any hotel, inn, eating, lodging or boardinghouse or restaurant, absconds from such hotel, inn, eating, lodging or boardinghouse or restaurant, or removes or attempts to remove therefrom any baggage or personal property of any kind subject to the lien provided for in West Virginia Code 38-11-5, with intent to defraud the owner or keeper of such hotel, inn, eating, lodging or boardinghouse or restaurant, without first having paid, satisfied or arranged all claims or bills for lodging, entertainment or accommodation, shall be subject to the penalty provided in Section 533.99.
(WVaC 61-3-40)