Utah Code 10-9a-401 sharply limits how Salt Lake City can hold listing platforms like Airbnb and VRBO accountable, restricting cities to registration-style obligations rather than direct platform fines for unlicensed hosts.
Utah's strong STR preemption statute prevents cities from prohibiting short-term rentals based solely on online advertising and bars sweeping platform liability ordinances common in coastal states. Salt Lake City may require hosts to display a registration or business-license number on listings and may ask platforms to share data on city-licensed properties, but it cannot fine Airbnb or VRBO directly when an unlicensed host appears on the site. Enforcement remains pointed at the host. Platforms voluntarily cooperate with SLC on takedowns once a host's license is revoked, but the legal hook is the host's zoning and license violation, not the platform's.
Hosts who advertise without a city license number face fines, license revocation, and listing takedown requests; platforms themselves are not directly fined under Utah preemption.
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