Jefferson Parish, LA Short-Term Rentals: Repeat Violator Strikes (2026)
Key Facts
- Governing section
- JPCO Sec. 17.5-8
- Drug/prostitution strikes
- 3 arrests in 90 days
- Nuisance calls
- 5 verified calls in 30 days
- Hearing deadline
- 180 days from last occurrence
- Post-revocation bar
- 1 year and 1 day on same property
Summary
Jefferson Parish revokes short-term rental licenses on a strike system built on repeat incidents. Sec. 17.5-8 lets the parish pull a license after three drug or prostitution arrests on the property in ninety days, or five verified calls for service in thirty days for drug, prostitution or violent felony activity, following a hearing within 180 days of the last incident.
The lodging accommodation license shall be subject to suspension or revocation upon good cause shown at a hearing conducted by either the lodging accommodation review committee or the parish council, within one hundred eighty (180) days from the date of the last qualifying occurrence... (4)Three (3) or more felony drug-related independent incidents resulting in arrests where the offense occurred on bed and breakfast, hotel, motel, or short-term rental property by a guest in a period of ninety (90) days... (6)Except when the result of bed and breakfast, hotel, motel, or short-term rental management notifying or directly cooperating with law enforcement, ten (10) or more verified calls for service regarding hotels or motels, and five (5) or more verified calls for service regarding bed and breakfasts or short-term rentals within a thirty (30) day period regarding the following activities on the property of the bed and breakfast, hotel, motel, or short-term rental: illegal felony drug activity, prostitution, or violent felony crimes.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 20 Update 2).
Full Breakdown
Sec. " For short-term rentals specifically, that qualifying occurrence can be "three (3) or more felony drug-related independent incidents resulting in arrests" on the property "in a period of ninety (90) days," or the same three-strike count for prostitution-related arrests. " Calls generated because management itself notified or cooperated with law enforcement do not count toward either strike total. The Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office must give the operator or manager a copy of the initial report of any qualifying arrest or verified call within thirty days of the occurrence, so the strike count is not compiled silently.
5's other requirements, failure to remedy a building or zoning violation under a judicial or administrative order, or failure to timely apply for, renew, or post the license. Sec. 5-9 sets the hearing procedure before the lodging accommodation review committee, and Sec. 5-8(2) bars a new license on a revoked property for one year and one day.
Violations & Fines
Once the review committee or parish council votes to revoke a license under Sec. 17.5-8, Sec. 17.5-11 requires the operator to surrender it immediately and stop operating within seventy-two hours of the posted revocation notice. Sec. 17.5-8(2)(1)a bars any new lodging accommodation license on that property for one year and one day after revocation, and a suspension blocks a new license for fourteen days after the suspension ends.
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