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Rental Property Rules in Sioux Falls, SD (2026)

2 verified rental property rules for Sioux Falls, South Dakota, sourced directly from the municipal code and official government pages.

Verified from official government sources

Rental Registration

Sioux Falls requires every owner of a residential rental unit, including short-term rentals, to obtain a city permit before advertising, occupying, or letting the unit.

Sioux Falls Rental Property Registration Permit

Significant Restrictions

Sioux Falls Code of Ordinances § 150.177

No residential rental property owner shall allow to be occupied, advertise for occupancy, solicit occupants of, or let to another person for occupancy any residential rental unit within the city that has not been permitted as residential rental unit by the city. All owners of a residential rental unit shall have filed a permit application for the physical address of each building with the city....

Repairs & Habitability

Sioux Falls enforces the 2021 International Property Maintenance Code citywide, setting the habitability floor landlords must meet for occupied rental units.

Sioux Falls Rental Property Maintenance Code

Some Restrictions

Sioux Falls Code of Ordinances § 150.095

The International Property Maintenance Code, 2021 edition, published by the International Code Council as amended, is hereby adopted as the property maintenance code to provide standards to safeguard life or limb, health, property, and public welfare by regulating, governing, and controlling the use, occupancy, conditions, and maintenance of all property, buildings, and structures within this j...

Looking for Minnehaha County county-wide rules?

County ordinances apply to unincorporated areas and may supplement Sioux Falls city rules.

Rental Property Rules in Minnehaha County