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Short-Term Rentals in Little Rock, AR (2026)

10 verified short-term rentals rules for Little Rock, Arkansas, sourced directly from the municipal code and official government pages.

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Short-Term Rental Permits

Little Rock requires every short-term rental operator to hold a city business license before listing or renting a property, renewed annually, with unlicensed operation barring new applications for a year.

Little Rock STR Business License Registration

Significant Restrictions

Sec. 36-604(a)

It is unlawful for any responsible party to offer for rent a bed and breakfast house/short-term rental or to operate a bed and breakfast house/short-term rental without a business license. Owners shall not list a property or units online until they have received a business license, operation of an STR without a business license shall make the owner ineligible to apply for a business license for...
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Noise Rules

STR guests in Little Rock must observe quiet hours from 10 PM to 7 AM with no excessive noise audible from off the property at any time. Operators are responsible for informing guests of noise rules and maintaining neighborhood peace.

Little Rock STR Noise Rules

Some Restrictions

Little Rock Rev. Code Ch. 36, Art. XIV, Sec. 36-602 Responsible Party (Short-Term Rental Ordinance, June 20, 2023)

(a) A Responsible Party must be available twenty-four (24) hours per day, seven (7) days per week, for the purpose of responding to City Officials within sixty (60) minutes to complaints regarding the condition of the Short-Term Rental or the conduct of the Occupant of the Short-Term Rental and/or their guests. (b) A Responsible Party, upon notification that any Occupant or guest has created an...
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Taxes & Fees

Little Rock STR operators must collect and remit the city's hotel/motel tax (also called the accommodation tax) on all short-term rental bookings. Arkansas also imposes a state sales tax and tourism tax on short-term accommodations.

Little Rock STR Taxes & Fees

Heavy Restrictions

Little Rock Rev. Code Ch. 36, Art. XIV, Sec. 36-601 (Short-Term Rental Ordinance, June 20, 2023)

2. Annual Inspection Fee for a STR-1 is of One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) per bedroom up to maximum of Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00). 3. The Annual Inspection Fee would be waived for the first year if the structure is on the City's Unsafe/Vacant list, as determined by the Housing and Neighborhood Programs Department, and is rehabilitated for use as an STR-1. ... 2. Annual Inspection Fee for a S...
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Short-Term Rental Parking Rules

Little Rock's short-term rental development standards at Rev. Code § 36-603(b)(5) require a parking plan with the permit application. The off-street standard is not written into the STR section itself; it is set by cross-reference to Chapter 36, § 36-54(e)(1). On-street parking may be proposed instead only if it is available for guest use within 330 feet of the rental and the plan addresses neighborhood impact.

Little Rock STR Parking Requirements

Some Restrictions

Little Rock Rev. Code Ch. 36, Art. XIV, Sec. 36-603(b)(5) Development Standards (Short-Term Rental Ordinance, June 20, 2023)

5. Parking plan must be provided with permit application. Off-Street Standard for STRs shall be provided in accordance with Little Rock Arkansas Code, Chapter 36 36-54 (e) (1). If on-street parking is proposed as an alternative to meet the above requirements, parking must be available for guest use within 330 feet of the Short-Term Rental and parking plan must address neighborhood impact. If th...
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Occupancy Limits

Short-term rental occupancy in Little Rock is capped by the Arkansas Fire Prevention Code, posted at the door, and only one paying party may rent the unit at a time.

Little Rock STR Occupancy Limits

Some Restrictions

Sec. 36-603(b)(15)-(17)

(15)Maximum occupancy. Maximum occupancy of any room or structure as a whole shall be determined by the Arkansas fire prevention code.(16)Simultaneous rental to more than one (1) party under separate contracts shall not be allowed.(17)The owner shall not receive any compensation or remuneration to permit occupancy of a STR for a period of less than a one (1)-day rental.
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Insurance Requirements

Every Little Rock bed-and-breakfast/short-term-rental applicant, STR-1 or STR-2, must submit proof of homeowner's, fire, hazard and liability insurance as part of the development standards package. Liability coverage cannot be written below one million dollars per occurrence, and the proof must be on file before the special use permit or planned zoning district can be granted.

Little Rock STR Liability Insurance Rule

Some Restrictions

Sec. 36-603(a), (b)(8)

Purpose and intent of this section is to establish development standards for bed and bed and breakfast house/short-term rentals. Compliance with these development standards shall be demonstrated by applicants requesting entitlements for STR type 1 & 2.... (8)Proof of homeowner's, fire, hazard and liability insurance. Liability coverage shall have limits of not less than one million dollars ($1,...
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Host Presence Rule

Little Rock's STR-1 permit requires the owner to live at the rental or within 1,500 feet, proven by two documents matching the deed; non-owner-occupied rentals must instead pursue a planned zoning district as STR-2.

Little Rock Short-Term Rental Host-Presence Rule

Some Restrictions

Sec. 36-601(a)(1)b., (a)(2)

To qualify for an STR-1 permit, the owner of the property must permanently reside at the property, or must permanently reside within one thousand five hundred (1,500) feet of the property, and be a natural person or persons. Owner-occupied status shall be confirmed by at least two (2) documents demonstrating primary residence.
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Primary-Residence-Only Rule

Little Rock will only issue an STR-1 bed-and-breakfast/short-term-rental special use permit if the owner actually lives at the property, or within fifteen hundred feet of it, as a natural person. Owner-occupied status must be proven with at least two documents whose address matches the deed on file with the Pulaski County clerk.

Little Rock STR Primary-Residence Requirement

Significant Restrictions

Sec. 36-601(a)(1)b., (a)(2)

(1)Bed and breakfast house/short-term rental type 1 (STR-1) are a land use allowed only where the planning commission has granted a special use permit in accordance with chapter 36, article II, section 36-54, special use permits.... b.To qualify for an STR-1 permit, the owner of the property must permanently reside at the property, or must permanently reside within one thousand five hundred (1,...
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Extended Home Share

Little Rock lets a home-share guest pay to stay for up to twenty-nine consecutive days under both bed and breakfast house/short-term rental types. STR-1 covers an owner-occupied home with up to nine bedrooms; STR-2 covers a non-owner-occupied property approved through a planned zoning district. The city also caps the whole program at five hundred active short-term rentals at any one time.

Little Rock Extended Home-Share Stay Limit

Some Restrictions

Sec. 36-600; Sec. 36-603(a)(3)

Bed and breakfast house/short-term rental type 1 (STR-1) shall mean an owner occupied single-family, two (2)-family or multi-family property which contains not more than nine (9) bedrooms or guest rooms, no more than one (1) of which may be located in an approved accessory dwelling, which for a fee may be occupied by a guest for no longer than twenty-nine (29) consecutive days. Bed and breakfas...
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Repeat Violator Strikes

Three or more confirmed violations of Little Rock's short-term rental rules in a calendar year lets the city revoke the business license and block reapplying for up to a year.

Little Rock STR Repeat-Violation Revocation

Significant Restrictions

Little Rock, AR Code of Ordinances Sec. 36-604(c)

(c)Sanctions:(1)In addition to any other remedy or procedure authorized by law, for three (3) or more confirmed violations of or failure to comply with any of the standards of this article in a calendar year, the director of the planning and development or his/her designee may revoke a business license and, in addition, may order that no new business license be issued for up to one (l)-year... ...
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County ordinances apply to unincorporated areas and may supplement Little Rock city rules.

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