Can I stay in a hotel if my ID card expires?

The expired ID card is invalid, so you can't check into the hotel directly. But you can go to the nearest police station for a temporary certificate.

Solutions and requirements:

In daily life, there are indeed some cases where ID cards are lost, expired or forgotten. In this case, if you want to stay in the hotel, you need to go to the police station in the area where the hotel is located to open an identity certificate.

The public security organ shall inspect the hotels and restaurants within its jurisdiction from time to time, and if it finds that there is no information about registered guests and visitors, it will impose a fine on the front desk registrant and the hotel; If it is found many times, the hotel may face the punishment of closing down for rectification.

If the registrant uses a fake ID card or someone else's ID card, the police will take the registrant into administrative detention after the hotel front desk finds out and reports it to the police station in the jurisdiction.

Extended data

People's Republic of China (PRC)'s anti-terrorism law

Twenty-first telecommunications, Internet, finance, accommodation, long-distance passenger transport, motor vehicle rental and other operators and service providers should check the identity of customers. No service shall be provided to persons whose identities are unknown or who refuse inspection.

Article 22 The production and import units shall, in accordance with regulations, carry out electronic tracking labels on guns and other weapons, ammunition, control instruments, dangerous chemicals, explosives for civil use, nuclear and radioactive materials, and affix safety tracking labels on explosives for civil use.

The transport unit shall, in accordance with the provisions, monitor the dangerous chemicals, civil explosives, nuclear and radioactive materials in operation through the positioning system.

Relevant units shall strictly supervise and manage infectious disease pathogens and other substances in accordance with regulations to prevent infectious disease pathogens from spreading or flowing into illegal channels.

References:

City Express-Going to the hotel, my friend was stopped without his ID card, but he forgot to bring his ID card to the hotel and was stopped.

Taizhou Evening News-Being fined for staying in a hotel with his son's ID card?