Rules for lawyers to go to the Public Security Bureau to inquire about personal information

1. Lawyers who inquire about citizens' household registration information must be practitioners who have obtained a lawyer's practice certificate according to law, accepted entrustment or designation, and provided legal services to their clients. Lawyers' practicing interns and paralegals who have not obtained the lawyer's practicing certificate may not inquire about citizens' household registration information separately.

Two, practicing lawyers to inquire about the registration information of citizens' household registration, in principle, should go to the local police station where the inquired person's permanent residence is located. A practicing lawyer needs to carry a lawyer's practice certificate and a letter of introduction from a law firm when inquiring about citizens' household registration information. The letter of introduction of a law firm shall specify the name of the lawyer, the legal affairs undertaken, the name of the person being inquired, etc. , and together with a copy of the lawyer's practice certificate to the inquired police station for the record.

Three, the public security police station shall examine the qualifications of practicing lawyers who apply for the information of citizens' household registration. If you are in doubt about his identity, you can check with the judicial administrative organ or bar association where his law firm is located, or you can check with the issuing authority of his lawyer's practice license or the website of the bar association at the same level.

4. A practicing lawyer can only inquire about the household registration information of persons related to the legal affairs undertaken, including the name, gender, nationality, date of birth, citizen ID number, permanent residence address and other household registration information of persons unrelated to the legal affairs undertaken.

5. If the citizen's household registration information inquired by practicing lawyers needs to be used as evidence, the police station shall truthfully issue the corresponding household registration certificate according to the household registration information, affix the seal of the contractor and the special seal for household registration, and indicate the purpose and validity period.

Six, practicing lawyers to inquire about citizens' household registration information, shall bear the obligation of confidentiality in accordance with the provisions of relevant laws, regulations, rules and professional norms of lawyers.

Legal basis:

Article 1034 of the Civil Code of People's Republic of China (PRC) * * * Personal information of natural persons is protected by law.

Personal information is all kinds of information recorded electronically or in other ways that can identify a specific natural person alone or in combination with other information, including natural person's name, date of birth, ID number, biometric information, address, telephone number, email address, whereabouts information, etc.

Privacy information in personal information should also comply with the relevant provisions on privacy protection.