6 county-level rules, plus city-specific rules for 1 city in Wright County, Minnesota.
Verified from official government sources
Minnesota has no statewide short-term rental license. Wright County zones STRs in unincorporated townships, and cities license their own. Monticello, Buffalo, and lake-area cities apply rental-licensing and zoning rules; requirements vary by jurisdiction, so hosts confirm locally before listing.
Short-term rental guests in Wright County follow the same rules as residents: the MPCA property-line standard (MN Rules 7030.0040) and city quiet hours, generally 10 p.m. to 7 a.m. Repeated complaints can put a host's local license or use permit at risk.
MN Stat. §561.01
Anything which is injurious to health, or indecent or offensive to the senses, or an obstruction to the free use of property, so as to interfere with the comfortable enjoyment of life or property, is a nuisance.
Short-term stays under 30 days in Wright County owe Minnesota's 6.875% state sales tax, plus a local lodging tax of up to 3% where a city has adopted one under MN Stat. 469.190. Airbnb and Vrbo collect state tax automatically.
MN Stat. §469.190, subd. 1
a statutory or home rule charter city may by ordinance, and a town may by the affirmative vote of the electors at the annual town meeting, or at a special town meeting, impose a tax of up to three percent on the gross receipts from the furnishing for consideration of lodging at a hotel, motel, rooming house, tourist court, or resort
No Minnesota statute sets short-term rental parking. In Wright County, rules come from city zoning and any rental license; in townships, county zoning. Winter snow-emergency parking bans and lake-road access are the practical concerns hosts must relay to guests.
Minnesota sets no statewide short-term rental occupancy cap. In Wright County, limits come from city rental licenses or county zoning conditions, and from septic design on unsewered lake and rural properties. Overcrowding a septic system violates its permitted capacity.
Minnesota sets no statewide short-term rental insurance mandate, and Wright County does not impose one countywide. Where a city licenses rentals, it can ask for proof of liability coverage. Standard homeowner policies usually exclude rental activity.
1 cities in Wright County have their own short-term rentals rules. Each link goes to that city's dedicated page with code citations.
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