Provo, UT Rental Property Rules: Rental Registration (2026)

020(1) makes it unlawful to keep, conduct, operate or maintain a rental dwelling in Provo without a business license, but an owner who controls multiple rental dwellings or buildings needs only one license to cover all of them. 030 must list the address and unit count of each rental building, its parking spaces and occupancy status, proof of liability insurance, and, if the owner lives outside Utah, a resident agent within twenty miles authorized to accept service of process. The owner must also sign a certification that the property complies with applicable ordinances.

020(2) requires the current licensee to give the business license official written notice within thirty days of transferring control of the property, which cancels that license, after which the new owner must obtain a license of its own. 020(3): a dwelling that is ordinarily owner-occupied stays exempt while the owner is temporarily in a hospital, nursing home or assisted living facility, or during a bona fide temporary absence of three years or less for a job assignment, sabbatical, or volunteer service; indefinite absences never qualify. 080 for zoning or Title violations, unpaid fines, false application information, or noncompliance with Health Department rules. 130.