Iron County, UT Short-Term Rentals: Short-Term Rental Permits (2026)

Iron County Code § 17.36.290(E) requires the operator of any short-term rental, defined as a privately owned dwelling rented for occupancy for less than thirty consecutive days when the owner is not present (§ 17.36.290(C)), to obtain a short-term rental business license from the county before renting to any transient. The license is issued through Chapter 5.04 and must be renewed annually under Section 5.04.060. To apply, the operator must submit a signed application, proof of ownership, contact information for the owner and operator, the rental's address and bedroom count, an acknowledgment that the applicant has read the standards in § 17.36.290, and copies of current county and state sales, use, and lodging tax licenses, including the Utah Tax ID number (§ 17.36.290(F)(1)).

The application must be accompanied by the fee set under Section 5.04.070, License-Fee-Determination, which sets the general county business license fee at twenty-five dollars a year plus twenty-five dollars per additional employee, capped at four hundred dollars annually. The county clerk issues the license once the applicant also satisfies Section 3.08.060 (§ 17.36.290(F)(3)). A new application is required within thirty days of any change in owner, operator, or other material fact (§ 17.36.290(F)(5)), and an application can be denied if a prior license for the same unit was revoked within the past six months (§ 17.36.290(F)(4)).