Prescott Valley, AZ Short-Term Rentals: Host Platform Liability (2026)

Section 13-08-090 of the Prescott Valley Town Code does not regulate a booking platform directly. Every duty is addressed to the owner or the owner's designee, and the online lodging marketplace appears only as a way to satisfy two of them. Paragraph S(1) defines the term by pointing to the meaning prescribed in A.R.S. § 42-5076.

Advertising: paragraph H requires the owner or designee to display the Town vacation rental license number on each advertisement the owner or designee maintains. The number comes from paragraph F, under which the applicant gives the owner or agent's name, address, telephone number and email address, the rental's address, proof of compliance with A.R.S. § 42-5005, the 24-hour emergency point of contact, an acknowledgment of an agreement to comply with all applicable laws, regulations and ordinances, and the applicable fee. Paragraph J gives the Town seven business days after receiving that information to issue or deny the number.

Guest screening: paragraph L requires the owner to provide sex offender background checks on a rental guest. The requirement is waived if an online lodging marketplace performs a sex offender background check of the booking guest.

Insurance: paragraph I lets an owner meet the liability coverage rule by advertising and offering each rental through an online lodging marketplace that provides equal or greater coverage than the $500,000 aggregate the paragraph names.

Because the duties sit with the owner, a listing that leaves out the license number is the owner's violation of paragraph H, and a skipped guest check is the owner's violation of paragraph L when no marketplace ran one. The Town of Prescott Valley Town Council adopted the section by Ordinance No. 2024-947 and amended it by Ordinance No. 2026-979.