Toledo Chapter 1771 requires booking platforms such as Airbnb and Vrbo to remove listings that lack a valid Toledo STR registration upon city notice. Continued advertising of de-listed or unregistered units exposes the platform to civil penalties.
Toledo follows the trend of placing some compliance burden on the platform rather than only on the host. Under Ch. 1771, the city may notify a hosting platform that a specific listing is unregistered, suspended, or revoked. The platform is then required to remove or disable the listing within a defined cure period. Failure to act after notice can be cited as a separate violation per listing per day. Platforms are also typically required to collect and remit the Toledo hotel-motel tax on behalf of hosts under voluntary collection agreements with the city Finance Department.
Platforms ignoring city take-down notices, hosts using non-cooperating platforms to evade registration, or hosts circumventing platform-level removals through direct booking can each be cited separately under Ch. 1771 enforcement provisions.
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