Sioux Falls, SD Rental Property Rules: Rental Registration (2026)
Key Facts
- Permit fee
- $50 per unit (since July 1, 2024)
- Training
- 2-hour approved course required
- Update deadline
- 30 days to report changes
- Administered by
- Planning and Development Services
- Penalty
- General violation, § 10.999
Summary
Sioux Falls requires every owner of a residential rental unit, including short-term rentals, to obtain a city permit before advertising, occupying, or letting the unit.
No residential rental property owner shall allow to be occupied, advertise for occupancy, solicit occupants of, or let to another person for occupancy any residential rental unit within the city that has not been permitted as residential rental unit by the city. All owners of a residential rental unit shall have filed a permit application for the physical address of each building with the city. Failure to make truthful disclosures of the information required under division (b)(5) below, or if the information disclosed reveals three or more health, nuisance, or other code violations resulting in citations and fines payable to the city within the previous three calendar years, shall be cause for the city to elect to deny the permit. An application for a residential rental permit shall be available to access in person and on the city's webpage. A technological problem or failure that temporarily prevents the use of an online application shall not violate this section. A residential rental property owner and/or the designated contact person shall notify the city in writing within 30 calendar days after any change to the information provided on the application.
(b) The application and supporting forms shall require the following information:
(1) Name, mailing address, and phone number of the property owner;
(2) If the property owner does not reside within fifty (50) miles from Sioux Falls city limits, the name, phone number, email, and mailing address of
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: 2026 S-135: Current through local ordinance 54-26, passed 7-14-2026).
Full Breakdown
Under city code § 150.177, no owner may allow occupancy, advertise, solicit occupants, or let a residential rental unit that has not been permitted with the city. The application discloses the owner's contact information, unit address and count, any recent health/nuisance code violations, and the licensed property manager, if any. The permit costs $50 (effective July 1, 2024, waived for new construction ahead of first occupancy), and applicants must complete a city-approved 2-hour course unless the property is managed by a broker or agent licensed with the South Dakota Real Estate Commission. Owners must report changes within 30 days, and the city can deny or revoke permits over repeated code violations.
Violations & Fines
Renting, advertising, or occupying an unpermitted unit is punishable under the general penalty section § 10.999; the city may also deny a new application or revoke an existing permit after repeated health, nuisance, or code citations.
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