§ 6.28.010. Register requirements.

A.

Every person operating a hotel or roominghouse, engaged in the business of lodging transients, shall keep a book or register in which shall be listed the name and address of each of its guests or lodgers, together with the date of arrival and the date of departure.

B.

Such book or register shall be kept so as to show arrivals and departures of guests for a period of at least six months.

C.

Every person operating a hotel or roominghouse and the employees thereof shall exhibit such book or register to any member of the police department upon the written request of the chief of police or any duly appointed deputy chief of police.

D.

If inspection of the book or register is refused, the operator, manager, or person in charge shall secure the book or register in the manner required by the requesting police officer, so that its contents are preserved. The book or register shall be kept in the secured location until such time as an administrative or judicial search warrant, subpoena, or order can be granted or denied, and any appeal resolved.

(Ord. BL2016-177 § 1, 2016; prior code § 29-1-25)