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

Expired ID cards are not allowed to stay in hotels.

You can't stay in the hotel if your ID card expires, but if you have other valid documents, you can also use it to check in at the hotel. According to relevant laws and regulations, the identity documents of citizens in China mainly include: China People's Household Registration Book, Resident Identity Card, temporary id card, driver's license, passport, seaman's card, Hong Kong and Macao Pass, soldier's card, etc. If the ID card expires, you can check in with other documents.

When the ID card expires, a new ID card needs to be reissued in time. The specific reissue process is as follows:

1, the registered residents of this city shall go through the replacement procedures with their resident ID cards and household registration books at the population service management center or the resident ID card acceptance point where the household registration is located;

2. Take photos of resident ID cards;

3. Register fingerprint information;

4. The resident ID card acceptance point collects the applicant's "Photo Collection Form of Resident ID Card" and issues certificates to residents according to the regulations on the acceptance of residents' application for accreditation;

5 residents with residence booklet and certificate to the local police station or designated place to receive identity cards, and return the old card.

To sum up: Chinese mainland citizens who really need to check in without any valid identity documents should report to the local police station and verify their identity. The police station can print the passenger's information in the national population information database and affix the official seal to the passenger as proof of check-in.

Legal basis:

People's Republic of China (PRC) Identity Card Law

Article 11

If the state decides to issue a new generation of resident identity cards, the validity period of the resident identity cards expires, the citizens' names change, or the documents are severely damaged and unrecognizable, citizens should apply for new cards; If there are errors in the registration of resident identity cards, the public security organ shall promptly correct them and issue a new card; When you get a new card, you must return the original card. If a resident identity card is lost, it shall apply for a replacement.

Citizens under the age of 16 may apply for renewal, renewal or replacement of their resident identity cards under any of the circumstances listed in the preceding paragraph.

When a citizen goes through the formalities of permanent residence transfer, the public security organ shall record the change of the address of the permanent residence of the citizen in the machine-readable item of the resident ID card and inform it.