Any person who owns or operates a hotel, in the County must maintain on the premises a permanent register containing:
(a) the name of each visitor;
(b) the residence address of each visitor, including state, city or town, street and street number or rural mail delivery route number;
(c) the number of the room or facility occupied by each visitor; and
(d) the date and time of registration and checkout of each visitor.
The register must include a record of the license plate numbers and state of registration of any automobiles or trailers that guests are using. The owner or operator of the establishment must see that the license plate and automobile or trailer registration information is correct. A person must not occupy any room until the registration required under this section is provided. The permanent register may be in a bound book, looseleaf book, or cards. If a looseleaf book or cards are used, the pages or cards must be numbered consecutively before use and all numbered pages or cards must be kept even though they are not used. The register required by this section must be kept for at least 3 years and must be open to inspection upon the request of the Director or of any law enforcement officer of the county or the state. (Mont. Co. Code 1965, § 12-1; 1972 L.M.C., ch. 16, § 5; 1980 L.M.C., ch. 41, § 1; 1982 L.M.C., ch. 49, § 3; 1996 L.M.C., ch. 20, § 1; 1998 L.M.C., ch. 12, § 1; 2001 L.M.C., ch. 14, § 1; 2002 L.M.C., ch. 16, § 2; 2017 L.M.C., ch. 27,
§1; 2019 L.M.C., ch. 23, §1
; 2023 L.M.C., ch. 33, § 1.)