Dallas Chapter 42B imposes platform-listing requirements: hosting platforms must display the city registration number on each Dallas listing, and operators must include the number in advertisements. The ordinance creates direct enforcement against listings that omit a valid Dallas STR registration number.
Chapter 42B prohibits advertising or listing a Dallas property as a short-term rental without a current city registration number visible in the advertisement. Hosting platforms such as Airbnb and Vrbo must surface the number on each Dallas listing, and operators must include it in any advertisement on any platform or printed media. Code Compliance can cite operators directly for non-compliant listings and may issue notices to platforms regarding listings lacking valid registration. The ordinance does not adopt the strict transactional-liability model some California cities use, but it creates listing-level transparency aimed at making unregistered operations easy to identify and remove. Platforms generally cooperate with takedown requests for unregistered Dallas listings.
Advertising without a valid Dallas STR registration number, or platform listings missing the number, draw Chapter 42B citations. Repeated non-compliant advertising can trigger registration revocation under the strike framework.
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