Can the police check hotel records?

The Public Security Bureau can check the room opening records. Only those involved in crimes or suspected of crimes can be investigated, otherwise personal privacy will be violated. The law stipulates that one’s ID card must be used when checking out a room, staying in a hotel, etc.

The responsibilities of the police are as follows:

1. Prevent, stop and investigate illegal and criminal activities;

2. Prevent and combat terrorist activities;

< p>3. Maintain public security and order and stop behaviors that endanger public security and order;

4. Manage traffic, firefighting, and dangerous goods;

5. Maintain public security and order in border areas.

The powers of the People's Police are as follows:

1. Arrest, detain and search counterrevolutionaries and other criminals in accordance with the law;

2. During criminal investigation During the case, criminal suspects and witnesses may be questioned in accordance with the law;

3. Citizens’ behavior that endangers public order and social security may be banned or subject to public security administrative penalties in accordance with the law;

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4. When performing duties and encountering emergencies such as resisting arrest, rioting, snatching firearms, or other violent breaches of public order and refusing to be restrained, weapons may be used when necessary.

5. In order to hunt down criminals and save the lives of citizens, the transportation and communication tools of agencies, groups, enterprises and individual citizens can be borrowed.

6. Other permissions provided by law.

Legal Basis

"Hotel Industry Public Security Management Measures" Article 6 Hotels must register for accommodation of tourists. When registering, the passenger's identity document shall be checked and the passenger's identity document shall be truthfully registered according to the prescribed items. When hosting overseas tourists for accommodation, they must also submit an accommodation registration form to the local public security agency within 24 hours.

Article 2 of the "People's Police Law of the People's Republic of China" The tasks of the people's police are to safeguard national security, maintain social order, protect the personal safety, personal freedom and legal property of citizens, and protect the public. *** property, prevent, stop and punish illegal and criminal activities.

The people's police include the people's police of public security organs, national security organs, prisons, and labor education management institutions, and the judicial police of the people's courts and people's procuratorates.

Article 6 The people’s police of the public security organs shall, according to the division of responsibilities, perform the following duties in accordance with the law:

(1) Prevent, stop and investigate illegal and criminal activities;

(2) Maintain social security order and stop behaviors that endanger social security order;

(3) Maintain traffic safety and traffic order, and handle traffic accidents;

(4) Organize and implement Carry out fire supervision in fire protection work;

(5) Manage firearms and ammunition, controlled knives and flammable, explosive, highly toxic, radioactive and other dangerous items;

(6) Supervise laws and regulations Manage special industries specified in laws and regulations;

(7) Guard specific personnel specified by the state and guard important places and facilities;

(8) Manage assemblies, processions, and demonstrations;

(9) Manage household registration, nationality, entry and exit affairs, and matters related to foreigners’ residence and travel in China;

(10) Maintain the security of national (border) areas Public security and order;

(11) Execution of sentences for criminals who have been sentenced to criminal detention and deprived of political rights;

(12) Supervise and manage the security protection of computer information systems;

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(13) Guide and supervise the security and protection work of state agencies, social groups, enterprises, institutions and key construction projects, and guide the security and prevention work of mass organizations such as public security committees;

(14) Other duties prescribed by laws and regulations.