4 county-level rules, plus city-specific rules for 1 city in Leon County, Florida.
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Unincorporated Leon County does not require a local short-term-rental permit or special-use approval. Florida Statutes § 509.032(7)(b) bars local governments from prohibiting vacation rentals or regulating their duration or frequency. Operators must instead hold a state DBPR vacation-rental license under Chapter 509.
Leon County levies a 5% tourist development (bed) tax on rentals of six months or less, authorized by Fla. Stat. § 125.0104 and Leon County Ordinance No. 11-46. The owner, operator, or agent collects it and remits monthly to the Tax Collector. State sales/transient rental tax and a DBPR license fee also apply.
Unincorporated Leon County has not adopted local short-term-rental occupancy caps. Florida Statutes § 509.032(7)(b) bars regulating the duration or frequency of vacation rentals, and no grandfathered pre-2011 Leon County ordinance is on record. Occupancy is governed mainly by state building, fire, and DBPR life-safety standards.
Leon County has no standalone vacation-rental registration ordinance. The required registration is with the Leon County Tax Collector for the tourist development tax: the owner, operator, or agent must obtain a tourist development account number and remit the 5% tax. State DBPR licensing applies separately.
1 cities in Leon County have their own short-term rentals rules. Each link goes to that city's dedicated page with code citations.
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