The customer may contract to check personal articles, not properly the equipment of an automobile, by obtaining an additional check for these articles. All parking lots and garages which park or store automobiles for hire and assume to act as bailees for the automobile shall post a sign of not less than 24 inches by 36 inches having bold lettering bearing the inscription "Responsible for Contents Only if Checked Separately." The sign shall be placed in a conspicuous place at or near the entrance of the parking lot or storage garage, at or near the eye level of a motorist seated in an automobile, and shall be well lighted at all times while the parking facility is opened for business.
(KRS 189.715)