Does stealing an ID card constitute a crime?

Legal analysis: Stealing other people's identity documents is not an infringement of privacy, but a punishment for other fraudulent use of identity cards, and will be convicted and punished according to specific cases. Whoever fraudulently uses another person's identity card or uses a fraudulent identity card shall be fined between 200 yuan and 1,000 yuan by the public security organ, or detained for less than 10 days. If there are illegal gains, the illegal gains shall be confiscated.

Legal basis: People's Republic of China (PRC) Identity Card Law.

Seventeenth one of the following acts, by the public security organs fined two hundred yuan to one thousand yuan, or detained for ten days. If there are illegal gains, the illegal gains shall be confiscated: (1) fraudulently using other people's identity cards or using fraudulent identity cards; (2) buying, selling or using forged or altered identity cards. Forged or altered identity cards and fraudulent identity cards shall be confiscated by public security organs.

Article 18 Whoever forges or alters a resident identity card shall be investigated for criminal responsibility according to law. Whoever commits any of the acts listed in Articles 16 and 17 of this Law and commits criminal activities shall be investigated for criminal responsibility according to law.

Sixteenth one of the following acts, given a warning by the public security organs, and impose a fine of 200 yuan. If there is illegal income, the illegal income shall be confiscated: (1) obtaining a resident identity card by using false certification materials; (2) Renting, lending or transferring a resident identity card; (3) illegally detaining another person's identity card.