Rocklin, CA Short-Term Rentals: Host Platform Liability (2026)

Rocklin adopted the state's Short-Term Rental Facilitator Act of 2025 into its own code at Section 5.22.140, pursuant to Government Code Section 50990(b), applying Chapter 4.6 of the Government Code within city limits. Section 5.22.160(A) then imposes the city's own listing requirements on any facilitator: every listing for a Rocklin short-term rental must display the city-issued permit number, any applicable local business license number, and any transient occupancy tax registration or certification number issued by the city. Section 5.22.160(B) bars a facilitator from advertising or accepting bookings for a Rocklin rental at all unless a valid city permit number is displayed in the listing, and subsection C requires the facilitator to remove or deactivate a listing that loses that valid number once the city gives notice.

Section 5.22.150 backs this up with reporting duties: on written city request, a facilitator must report the physical address, including the nine-digit zip code, of every short-term rental it lists in the city, and if that is not enough to identify the unit, the assessor's parcel number, the listing URL, and details identifying an accessory dwelling unit or timeshare unit, with reporting no more than quarterly unless the city requires monthly transient occupancy tax remittance. Section 5.22.170 lets the city audit a facilitator's tax collection and remittance records where the facilitator collects transient occupancy tax under an agreement, and Section 5.22.170(C) authorizes civil action to recover unpaid tax and to enforce compliance.