Anaheim, CA Short-Term Rentals: Host Platform Liability (2026)
Key Facts
- Removal deadline after city notice
- 10 calendar days
- First-offense platform fine
- $500
- Third-offense platform fine
- $2,000
- Relisting condition
- Written city certification of permit
Summary
Booking platforms that list Anaheim short-term rentals share legal exposure with the host. Section 4.05.120 bars a platform from advertising any rental the city hasn't permitted, forces removal within ten days of a city notice, and Section 4.05.130.0103 makes the platform itself liable for a civil citation of up to $2,000 for repeat violations.
No Listing or Advertisement of Unpermitted Short-Term Rental. No hosting platform shall list or advertise a short-term rental for which the city has not issued a permit. Upon written or electronic notification from the city that the city has not issued a permit for a short-term rental which is listed or advertised on the Internet web site provided or maintained by a hosting platform, the hosting platform shall discontinue and remove the listing or advertisement within ten (10) calendar days from the transmittal date of the notification. The hosting platform thereafter shall not list or advertise the short-term rental without written certification from the city that the required permit has been issued. No Facilitation of Violation of Law. A hosting platform shall not otherwise facilitate... the occupancy of a short-term rental if the occupancy will violate any ordinance, regulation or law of the city.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: 2026 S-28: Code: Supplement contains: Local legislation current through Ord. 6627, passed 8-11-2026 | Zoning: Local legislation current through Ord. 6627, passed 8-11-2026).
Full Breakdown
010 prohibits a hosting platform from listing or advertising a short-term rental for which the city has not issued a permit, and once the city sends written or electronic notice that a listed rental is unpermitted, the platform has ten calendar days to take the listing down. The platform may not relist it without written certification from the city that a permit has since issued. 020 adds a broader duty: a platform cannot otherwise facilitate occupancy of a short-term rental if that occupancy would violate any city ordinance, regulation, or law, reaching conduct beyond bare permit status, such as facilitating a stay that would breach occupancy limits or the three-night minimum.
030 caps this liability at what state and federal law allow, and the section will not apply where the city determines enforcing it would violate such a law. 0103 lets the city cite the hosting platform directly, separate from any citation against the owner or occupant: $500 for a first offense, $1,000 for a second offense within twelve months, and $2,000 for a third or subsequent offense in that same period.
Violations & Fines
Continuing to list a rental after the city's ten-day removal notice, or facilitating a stay the platform knows would violate the chapter, draws an escalating civil citation under Section 4.05.130.0103: $500, then $1,000, then $2,000 for repeat offenses within twelve months, issued directly against the platform.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Sources & Official References
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