13 county-level rules, plus city-specific rules for 9 cities in Dallas County, Texas.
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No Dallas County STR registration requirement for unincorporated areas. Texas has no state-level STR permit or registration requirement. Counties generally lack authority to regulate land use. Hosts must register with TX Comptroller for tax collection.
Tex. Tax Code Sec. 351.002 (Municipal Hotel Occupancy Tax Authorized)
Sec. 351.002. TAX AUTHORIZED. (a) A municipality by ordinance may impose a tax on a person who, under a lease, concession, permit, right of access, license, contract, or agreement, pays for the use or possession or for the right to the use or possession of a room that is in a hotel, costs $2 or more each day, and is ordinarily used for sleeping.(b) The price of a room in a hotel does not in...
Dallas County STRs must comply with general noise ordinance. Many cities impose stricter quiet hours for rentals. Complaints can trigger permit review.
TX state Hotel Occupancy Tax of 6% applies to all rentals under 30 consecutive days per TX Tax Code Chapter 156. Hosts must register with TX Comptroller. Platforms may collect state tax automatically. Stays of 30+ consecutive days are exempt.
Tex. Tax Code Sec. 156.001(a),(b) — Hotel Definition Includes Short-Term Rentals
Sec. 156.001. DEFINITIONS. (a) In this chapter, "hotel" means a building in which members of the public obtain sleeping accommodations for consideration. The term includes a hotel, motel, tourist home, tourist house, tourist court, lodging house, inn, rooming house, or bed and breakfast ... (b) For purposes of the imposition of a hotel occupancy tax under this chapter, Chapter 351 or 352, or ot...
No county parking requirements for short-term rentals. Texas counties cannot zone or impose parking requirements. No guest parking ratios, no off-street parking mandates. State highway rules apply to public roads.
Tex. Transp. Code Sec. 545.303(a)-(b)
Sec. 545.303. ADDITIONAL PARKING REGULATIONS. (a) An operator who stops or parks on a two-way roadway shall do so with the right-hand wheels of the vehicle parallel to and within 18 inches of the right-hand curb or edge of the roadway. (b) An operator who stops or parks on a one-way roadway shall stop or park the vehicle parallel to the curb or edge of the roadway in the direction of authorized...
No county occupancy limits for short-term rentals. Texas counties cannot zone or set occupancy caps. Only building code-based occupancy limits for fire safety may apply to commercial structures with 4+ units under the Dallas County Fire Code.
No county insurance requirements for short-term rentals. Texas has no state mandate for STR-specific insurance. Standard homeowner policies may not cover commercial rental activity. Platforms like Airbnb offer Host Protection Insurance.
Dallas County does not impose a maximum number of short-term rental nights per year in unincorporated areas. Texas counties lack general authority to regulate STRs, and no Commissioners Court order sets a night cap. Individual cities within Dallas County (Dallas, Irving, Garland) may cap STR use but those rules do not apply to unincorporated parcels.
Tex. Tax Code Sec. 156.101 (Hotel Occupancy Tax Exception - Permanent Resident 30+ Days)
Sec. 156.101. EXCEPTION--PERMANENT RESIDENT. This chapter does not impose a tax on a person who has the right to use or possess a room in a hotel for at least 30 consecutive days, so long as there is no interruption of payment for the period. Acts 1981, 67th Leg., p. 1686, ch. 389, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1982. Amended by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 328, Sec. 4, eff. Aug. 26, 1991. Sec. 156.102. E
No county STR registration requirement. Texas has no state-level STR registration system. Hosts must register with TX Comptroller for hotel occupancy tax collection. No county permit, license, or registration needed to operate an STR.
Texas Tax Code Chapter 156 — State Hotel Occupancy Tax (Texas Comptroller)
Hotel Occupancy Tax. Hotel owners, operators or managers must collect state hotel occupancy tax from their guests who rent a room or space in a hotel costing $15 or more each day. The tax applies not only to hotels and motels, but also to bed and breakfasts, condominiums, apartments and houses. Local hotel taxes apply to sleeping rooms costing $2 or more each day. With the numerous sporting and...
Dallas County does not impose a host-presence requirement for short-term rentals. Texas counties lack detailed zoning authority over residential uses, so any hosted-only or owner-on-site mandate would come from individual cities such as Dallas, Irving, or Garland — not from Dallas County government.
Dallas County does not require short-term rentals to be primary residences. Texas counties lack the detailed residential-use zoning authority cities have, and no Texas statute imposes a statewide primary-residence STR rule. City-level rules in Dallas, Irving, and Plano vary; some are paused by litigation.
Dallas County operates no short-term rental strike or revocation system because it has no STR registration regime. Cities within the county — notably Dallas under Chapter 42B — maintain their own escalating-penalty frameworks. County enforcement is limited to fire-code and unincorporated nuisance abatement.
Dallas County imposes no platform-liability requirements on Airbnb, Vrbo, or similar STR hosting sites. Texas has no statewide platform mandate. City rules vary — Dallas Chapter 42B requires registration numbers in listings, but other cities are silent. Counties lack authority to regulate platforms.
Tex. Tax Code Sec. 156.001, 156.051(a)
Sec. 156.001. DEFINITION. ... For purposes of the imposition of a hotel occupancy tax under this chapter, Chapter 351 or 352, or other law, 'hotel' includes a short-term rental. In this subsection, 'short-term rental' means the rental of all or part of a residential property to a person who is not a permanent resident under Section 156.101. ... Sec. 156.051. TAX IMPOSED. (a) A tax is imposed on...
9 cities in Dallas County have their own short-term rentals rules. Each link goes to that city's dedicated page with code citations.
13 verified rules • Extended Home Share, Host Platform Liability
8 verified rules • Insurance Requirements, Night Caps
8 verified rules • Insurance Requirements, Night Caps
8 verified rules • Insurance Requirements, Night Caps
8 verified rules • Insurance Requirements, Night Caps
8 verified rules • Insurance Requirements, Night Caps
8 verified rules • Insurance Requirements, Night Caps
8 verified rules • Insurance Requirements, Night Caps
6 verified rules • Insurance Requirements, Noise Rules
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