Caldwell, ID Short-Term Rentals: Host Presence Rule (2026)

Caldwell's City Code contains no host-presence, on-site-manager, or local-contact-distance requirement for short-term rentals. Idaho Code 67-6539 treats STRs as a residential land use and prevents cities from effectively prohibiting them, and House Bill 583 (effective July 1, 2026) specifically prohibits cities and counties from requiring professional property management or otherwise mandating that an owner or manager be present. That means Caldwell cannot require a host to live on-site, to remain in the home during a booking, or to retain a licensed property manager within a set number of miles. Unhosted, whole-home short-term rentals are therefore permitted. While the city cannot mandate it, HB 583 does allow a city to require that emergency contact and similar guest-safety information be provided (applied consistently with how it treats residential properties), and many hosts voluntarily designate a responsible local contact so noise or maintenance issues can be resolved quickly. Providing a 24-hour contact is a good-practice measure that helps avoid nuisance complaints, but it is not an enforceable Caldwell host-presence requirement. The absence of any presence rule reflects Idaho's broadly permissive STR framework.