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Hotels are not "supposed" to document license plates of guest vehicles in the US. No such law or ordinance requires this. If a hotel is doing that, it's for whe

by greedo 7y ago

Hotels are not "supposed" to document license plates of guest vehicles in the US. No such law or ordinance requires this. If a hotel is doing that, it's for when you're parking on hotel property; most hotels charge for parking, or limit it to patrons. Most hotels don't check IDs when you check in, all they care about is having a credit card so they can charge you for "incidentals" like the aforementioned parking.

lotsofpulp 7y ago
Yes, I thought it would be obvious that I'm referring to hotel guests having to disclose the license plate of the vehicle on the hotel property. And IDs are required at every hotel and it's stated on the websites of all the big chains. Either way, I've never seen a town's laws not require innkeepers to know who they're housing, which means checking IDs. A quick google search shows many town ordinances such as this one: http://carync.iqm2.com/Citizens/Detail_LegiFile.aspx?Frame=&MeetingID=1037&MediaPosition=1589.933&ID=1232&CssClass= http://carync.iqm2.com/Citizens/Detail_LegiFile.aspx?Frame=&... >Guest register. Every innkeeper shall at all times keep and maintain on the premises of hotel a guest register in which shall be inscribed the name and home address of each guest and shall contain such guest's vehicle description and license plate state and number.
- greedo 7y ago
  Your own link shows that such a requirement is at odds with the Constitution: "On June 22, 2015, the U.S. Supreme Court concluded in City of Los Angeles v. Patel that a Los Angeles ordinance requiring hoteliers to keep and maintain guest registries and to make them available to the police upon request violated the hoteliers Fourth Amendment rights. "
  - lotsofpulp 7y ago
    Yes, but the revised ordinance still requires a record of the information to exist. The crosses out portion is the one that gave any law enforcement the right to see it any time, but 9 times out of 10, a hotel is not going to refuse a police department’s request if they ask about someone staying at the hotel. Hotels need to be on the good side of the police.

by greedo 7y ago

lotsofpulp 7y ago

Yes, I thought it would be obvious that I'm referring to hotel guests having to disclose the license plate of the vehicle on the hotel property. And IDs are required at every hotel and it's stated on the websites of all the big chains. Either way, I've never seen a town's laws not require innkeepers to know who they're housing, which means checking IDs. A quick google search shows many town ordinances such as this one: http://carync.iqm2.com/Citizens/Detail_LegiFile.aspx?Frame=&MeetingID=1037&MediaPosition=1589.933&ID=1232&CssClass= http://carync.iqm2.com/Citizens/Detail_LegiFile.aspx?Frame=&... >Guest register. Every innkeeper shall at all times keep and maintain on the premises of hotel a guest register in which shall be inscribed the name and home address of each guest and shall contain such guest's vehicle description and license plate state and number.

greedo 7y ago
Your own link shows that such a requirement is at odds with the Constitution: "On June 22, 2015, the U.S. Supreme Court concluded in City of Los Angeles v. Patel that a Los Angeles ordinance requiring hoteliers to keep and maintain guest registries and to make them available to the police upon request violated the hoteliers Fourth Amendment rights. "
- lotsofpulp 7y ago
  Yes, but the revised ordinance still requires a record of the information to exist. The crosses out portion is the one that gave any law enforcement the right to see it any time, but 9 times out of 10, a hotel is not going to refuse a police department’s request if they ask about someone staying at the hotel. Hotels need to be on the good side of the police.