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Rental Restriction Limits

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How far an association may go in banning or capping leasing, grandfathering for owners who already rent, minimum-lease-term and cap-percentage rules, and the member vote thresholds required before a rental amendment binds existing owners.

Rental Restriction Limits Rules by State

Statewide law governs this topic in many states. Each entry links to that state's full page.

Arizona

Some Restrictions

Arizona homeowners associations cannot block a member's right to rent unless the declaration itself prohibits it or limits rental time periods. Once a unit is rented, A.R.S. §…

Arkansas

Some Restrictions

Arkansas has no statute restricting an association's power to ban or cap leasing. There is no grandfathering for owners already renting, no minimum lease term, no percentage cap on…

California

Some Restrictions

Civil Code § 4741 bars every California homeowners association from adopting or enforcing a rule that prohibits, or unreasonably restricts, renting out a separate interest, and sets a…

Connecticut

Significant Restrictions

Connecticut does not give unit owners a right to lease. The Common Interest Ownership Act lets a declaration restrict or forbid leasing outright, and Conn. Gen. Stat. § 47-224(a)(12)…

Delaware

Some Restrictions

Delaware does not forbid a homeowners association from banning or capping rentals, but it makes the ban expensive to adopt. Under 25 Del. C. § 81-217(f), an amendment that prohibits or…

District of Columbia

Some Restrictions

The District sets no cap percentage, no minimum lease term and no grandfathering clause for condominium leasing restrictions. What it does regulate is how the restriction gets adopted…

Florida

Some Restrictions

Florida limits how homeowners' associations can restrict renting out a home, but only in communities governed by Chapter 720, not condos or co-ops. Under Fla. Stat. § 720.306(1)(h), a…

Georgia

Some Restrictions

A Georgia property owners' association can adopt a leasing restriction, but only by a two-thirds vote of the association's voting power, and O.C.G.A. Section 44-3-226(a)(2)(B) protects…

Hawaii

Some Restrictions

Hawaii's condominium act limits leasing restrictions adopted as board rules, not leasing restrictions written into the governing documents. Under HRS section 514B-105(b), unless the…

Illinois

Significant Restrictions

Illinois runs the opposite way from states that protect owners who rent. There is no statutory cap on how much leasing an Illinois association may prohibit, no minimum lease term, no…

Indiana

Some Restrictions

Indiana lets an association ban or cap leasing, and the statutes contain no rental cap percentage, no minimum lease term and no grandfathering for owners already renting. The limits…

Louisiana

Some Restrictions

Louisiana does not cap how many lots in a subdivision may be leased and it does not ban rental restrictions. Instead, R.S. 9:1141.14(C) of the Louisiana Planned Community Act makes…

Massachusetts

Significant Restrictions

Massachusetts runs the opposite way from states that cap association leasing bans. M.G.L. c. 64G, § 15 provides that nothing in the short-term rental chapter confers a right to lease…

Michigan

Significant Restrictions

Michigan runs the opposite way from states that shield owners who rent. MCL 559.212(1) of the Condominium Act says that after the transitional control date the association of co-owners…

Minnesota

Significant Restrictions

Minnesota is one of the states that runs the opposite way on this question. Nothing in the Minnesota Common Interest Ownership Act caps how far an association may restrict leasing…

Mississippi

Significant Restrictions

Mississippi law runs the opposite way from the states that limit association leasing bans. Miss. Code Ann. Sec. 89-9-19 says the covenants authorised by Sec. 89-9-17 may prescribe…

Missouri

Some Restrictions

Missouri has no statute capping association rental restrictions: no percentage cap, no minimum lease term, and no grandfathering for owners already renting. What Missouri does regulate…

Montana

Some Restrictions

Montana has one statute on association rental limits, Mont. Code Ann. § 70-17-901, in force since May 9, 2019. It bars a homeowners' association from entering into, amending, or…

Nevada

Significant Restrictions

Nevada rewrote NRS 116.335 effective July 1, 2026, and the section now runs in the association's favor rather than the owner's. The version in force lets an association whose…

New Hampshire

Significant Restrictions

New Hampshire places no statutory ceiling on an association's power to prohibit or cap leasing. RSA 356-B contains no rental cap, no minimum lease term, and no grandfathering for…

New York

Some Restrictions

New York condominiums have no inherent power to restrict unit leasing: under Real Property Law § 339-v(2)(a), by-laws "may also provide for" leasing restrictions only if the board…

North Dakota

Significant Restrictions

North Dakota does not limit an association's power to ban or cap leasing. There is no grandfather clause for owners already renting, no minimum lease term, no percentage cap and no…

Oregon

Some Restrictions

Oregon does not cap how far an association may restrict leasing, does not require that owners already renting be grandfathered, and sets no minimum lease term or maximum rental…

South Carolina

Significant Restrictions

South Carolina places no statutory limit on how far a homeowners association may restrict leasing. There is no grandfathering clause for owners already renting, no cap percentage, no…

South Dakota

Significant Restrictions

South Dakota places no statutory limit on an association's power to ban, cap, or condition leasing. There is no grandfathering right for an owner already renting, no minimum lease…

Tennessee

Light Restrictions

Tennessee does not cap rentals, set a minimum lease term or fix a vote threshold for adopting a leasing amendment. What it does instead is grandfather you: under T.C.A. § 66-27-703 an…

Texas

Some Restrictions

Texas Property Code Section 209.016 sets no cap on how much of a subdivision an association can rent out, no minimum lease term, and no grandfather clause: a declaration can still ban…

Utah

Significant Restrictions

Utah Code § 57-8a-209(1)(a) expressly allows a homeowners association to cap the number and term of rentals or to prohibit rentals outright, so Utah runs the opposite way from states…

Vermont

Some Restrictions

Vermont splits the question in two. A board acting by rule has almost no leasing power: 27A V.S.A. § 3-120(f)(3) lets an association adopt rules restricting the leasing of residential…

Virginia

Light Restrictions

Virginia does not stop a community association from restricting or even prohibiting leasing, because Va. Code § 55.1-1806 opens with an exception for anything expressly authorized in…

Washington

Some Restrictions

Washington condominium and HOA boards cannot cap or ban unit leasing by ordinary board rule. RCW 64.90.510(10)(c) lets a board restrict leasing only to the extent the rule mirrors…

Wisconsin

Significant Restrictions

Wisconsin runs the opposite way from states that shield owners who lease. Wis. Stat. § 703.10(3) expressly authorizes condominium bylaws to carry any restriction on the use of the…

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