Perris, CA Short-Term Rentals: Night Caps (2026)
Key Facts
- Annual night cap
- None - no yearly limit on rental nights
- Per-stay limit
- 27 consecutive days maximum (5.38.020/5.38.080)
- STR definition
- 1 to 27 consecutive nights (5.38.020)
- Stay exemptions
- Military personnel and displaced individuals may exceed 27 days
- Bookings per year
- No limit if licensed and compliant
- Authority
- City of Perris Ch. 5.38, not Riverside County
Summary
Perris does NOT impose an annual night cap limiting how many nights per year a property may be rented. The only stay limit is per-booking: a short-term rental is 1 to 27 consecutive nights, and transients may not stay longer than 27 consecutive days, except for military personnel and displaced individuals. A property may host an unlimited number of such stays if licensed.
Transients shall not be permitted to stay at the short-term rental unit for longer than 27 consecutive days. However, military personnel and displaced individuals may stay at the short-term rental for periods longer than 27 consecutive days.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 13).
Full Breakdown
38 of the Perris Municipal Code does not set an annual cap on the number of nights a property may be rented as a short-term rental, and there is no limit on the number of separate bookings per year. The only durational limit in the chapter is a per-stay one. 020 defines a short-term rental as the rental of a dwelling for occupancy of at least one night but no more than 27 consecutive calendar days, and defines a transient as a person occupying for 27 consecutive days or less.
080 reinforces this by providing that transients may not stay at the rental for longer than 27 consecutive days. 020) and displaced individuals (such as people displaced due to a declared emergency), who may stay longer than 27 consecutive days. 020 as occupying for 30 consecutive days or less. In short, Perris regulates how long a single guest may stay (27 days) rather than how many total nights per year the home may be rented, so there is no annual usage cap to track.
Violations & Fines
Allowing a non-exempt transient to stay longer than 27 consecutive days violates Section 5.38.080 and is enforceable under Section 5.38.100. Because there is no annual night cap, there is no per-year usage violation, but operating any stays without a current license, or beyond the 27-day per-stay limit, can support suspension or revocation under Section 5.38.090.
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