DC's STR Act imposes platform-side compliance: booking platforms must verify each listing has a valid DLCP license number, remove non-compliant listings, and report booking data to the District quarterly.
DC Code 36-303.01 requires booking-service platforms operating in the District to confirm license numbers before accepting bookings, prominently display license numbers on listings, deactivate listings that lose licensure, and submit quarterly anonymized booking-night reports to DLCP. This mirrors enforcement frameworks adopted by San Francisco and New York, shifting compliance burden upstream to platforms with the technical means to verify at scale. Platforms violating these duties face civil penalties per booking. The platform-liability provisions took effect alongside the STR licensing regime in 2019 and have meaningfully reduced unlicensed listings in DC.
Platforms that fail to verify licenses, display numbers, or deliver quarterly data face per-listing civil penalties and potential injunctive action by the DC Attorney General.
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