Neither Brazoria County nor Pearland requires the host to be present during a stay. Pearland instead ties the permit to a responsible local contact who can respond to problems, rather than mandating on-site owner presence.
No jurisdiction in Brazoria County requires a host to physically stay on-site during a guest's short-term rental booking. Unincorporated county areas have no rule at all. Pearland's approach, common among Texas cities, is to require a responsible party or local contact reachable to address complaints and emergencies (Pearland publicizes a 24/7 STR hotline for neighbors) rather than to demand the owner sleep on the premises. This lets absentee owners operate legally as long as they maintain a permit, meet occupancy and parking rules, and provide a contact who can respond. Confirm the exact contact-availability requirement with the city administering your address.
Failing to maintain or respond as the designated local contact can support code enforcement action against the Pearland permit; unincorporated county has no host-presence rule.
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