North Carolina law and the Schroeder ruling sharply limit Raleigh's ability to impose direct liability on Airbnb, VRBO, or similar platforms. Enforcement obligations rest on the host, not the booking platform, though Wake County collects occupancy tax through some platform agreements.
The 2019 NC Court of Appeals decision in Schroeder v. Raleigh struck the city's original STR ordinance partly because it conflicted with state-law constraints on local rental registration. As a result, Raleigh cannot mandate that platforms verify host permits or remove unpermitted listings. Compliance enforcement is host-facing: civil penalties, zoning revocation, and tax collection actions target the property owner. Platforms like Airbnb voluntarily remit Wake County occupancy tax under separate state agreements, but they have no city-imposed delisting duty.
Hosts remain personally liable for permit, tax, and zoning compliance. Penalties include unpaid occupancy tax recovery by Wake County and Raleigh civil penalties under Ch. 12.
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