Florida preempts local licensing and inspection of lodging to the state, so Escambia "registration" is limited to a Tourist Development Tax account with the Clerk plus a DBPR license—not a discretionary local approval to operate.
FS 509.032(7)(a) preempts regulation of public lodging—including sanitation, inspections, and licensing—to the state, so Escambia County cannot run its own STR licensing program. Instead, hosts register the property for a Tourist Development Tax account with the Escambia County Clerk of the Circuit Court's Treasury and hold a Florida DBPR vacation-rental license plus a Department of Revenue sales-tax account. Registration is administrative (tax collection and life-safety), not a permit the county can deny. This applies across the heavily unincorporated beaches—Pensacola Beach and Perdido Key—where the county Land Development Code governs.
Failing to register and remit the Tourist Development Tax exposes the operator to back taxes, penalties, and interest collected by the Clerk under FS 125.0104 and FS 212.
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