It’s good news for people checking into the iconic Beverly Hills Hotel and other humble inns around the city. A recent court case invalidated a section of the city’s law requiring hotel operators to turn over guest information to police, according to Elizabeth Levy of Seyfarth Shaw.
The Los Angeles municipal code requires hotels to collect guest names and addresses, the number of people in the party, the make, model and license plate of vehicles parked on the property and the date and time of their arrival and departure, among other things. This information must be turned over to authorities when requested or else the hotel operators face up to six months in jail and a $1,000 fine. But in the recent case, hotel owners concerned about their guests’ privacy challenged those rules.
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