Queen Creek, AZ Short-Term Rentals: Host Platform Liability (2026)

Section 8-6-5 closes with a direct prohibition reaching intermediaries: no person or entity may receive payment or accept a fee, directly or indirectly, for facilitating the rental of a vacation rental operating in violation of this Article or other law. Read together with the rest of Section 8-6-5, which lists an unregistered property, one lacking a valid transaction privilege tax license, or one being used for a prohibited use such as a special event, retail business, or sober living home as violations, the provision reaches booking platforms, property managers, and any other intermediary that collects a fee for arranging a stay at a rental the Town Code does not allow to operate.

S. Section 42-5076, the state's transaction-privilege-tax provision covering platforms like short-term-rental marketplaces, tying the local rule to a term already defined at the state level. Because the prohibition is written as a standalone offense within Article 8-6, an intermediary that violates it is subject to the same civil-offense classification and cumulative remedies set out in Section 8-6-7, independent of any penalty against the property owner. The Town adopted this Article 8-6 by Ordinance 805-22 on December 21, 2022, and amended it by Ordinance 822-23 on November 1, 2023.