El Paso STRs may host extended-stay bookings of 30 nights or longer, which fall outside Hotel Occupancy Tax and city STR registration. Short stays under 30 nights remain subject to Chapter 7 registration and tax remittance rules.
Under Texas Tax Code Chapter 156 and El Paso Municipal Code Chapter 7, a stay becomes a residential lease at 30 consecutive nights with the same guest. At that point HOT no longer applies, the unit is not counted as a short-term rental, and standard landlord-tenant law including Texas Property Code Chapter 92 governs the relationship. This has fueled a Fort Bliss and UTEP-driven monthly furnished-rental market serving relocating soldiers, traveling nurses at UMC, and visiting faculty. Hosts must track bookings carefully because mixed durations within a year still require STR registration.
Misclassifying short stays as long-term to evade HOT can trigger back-tax assessments, penalty interest, and registration revocation by the El Paso Tax Office.
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