Short-term rental permit rules in Saraland, AL — also called Airbnb permits, vacation rental licenses, or STR registration — list the application steps, fees, and operating requirements for hosting.
Alabama has no statewide short-term rental permit, and unincorporated Mobile County requires none. A host needs only a state lodgings-tax account; the county issues no STR license and cannot zone rentals in unincorporated areas.
No permit governs short-term rentals in unincorporated Mobile County. Alabama enacts no statewide STR license, and Dillon's Rule denies the county the zoning power to require one, so operating an Airbnb in Theodore, Grand Bay, or Irvington is legal without local approval. The one obligation is tax: hosts register with the Alabama Department of Revenue for the state lodgings tax under Ala. Code §40-26-1. Cities differ sharply. Mobile, Bayou La Batre, and the town of Dauphin Island can license and restrict rentals under Ala. Code §11-45-1.
No STR permit penalty exists in the unincorporated county. Failing to register and remit the state lodgings tax under Ala. Code §40-26-1 draws Department of Revenue assessments, penalties, and interest.
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