Lafayette, LA Short-Term Rentals: Repeat Violator Strikes (2026)
Key Facts
- Governing section
- Sec. 73-18, Lafayette Code of Ordinances
- Reapplication bar
- 1 year from final revocation
- Applies to
- Same licensee, interposed persons, economic-interest transferees
- Revocation process
- Sec. 73-27 hearing, then finality
- Appeal court
- 15th Judicial District Court, 21 days
Summary
Once Lafayette revokes a short-term rental license, Sec. 73-18 bars the same licensee from getting a new one for that property for a full year, and the ban reaches anyone acting as an 'interposed person' for the revoked licensee or holding an economic interest tied to them.
The director shall not consider any subsequent application for a short-term rental license by the licensee(s) listed on a revoked license for the property identified thereon within a period of one year beginning on the date the director's decision to revoke the license becomes final. For the purposes of this prohibition, no license shall be issued to any person who is an interposed person for the licensee whose license has been revoked. The director may require a full disclosure, in writing and under oath, of the details of the operation of any person suspected of being interposed for another. Further, no license shall be issued for that property to any licensee where the revoked licensee has a direct or indirect economic interest.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 65).
Full Breakdown
Sec. ' The section closes a second loophole too: 'no license shall be issued for that property to any licensee where the revoked licensee has a direct or indirect economic interest,' meaning selling or re-titling the property to an affiliated buyer doesn't restart the clock. The one-year period runs from finality of the revocation decision under the Sec. 73-27 process, after the director's written decision and the expiration of the 21-day appeal window to the 15th Judicial District Court, or after that court rules.
Violations & Fines
A revocation itself follows Sec. 73-27: the director can revoke after 14 days' written notice, an informal hearing, and a written decision, appealable within 21 days to the 15th Judicial District Court. Once that revocation is final, Sec. 73-18's one-year bar applies automatically to the same licensee, any interposed person acting for them, and any successor licensee in whom the revoked party holds an economic interest.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Does selling the property reset the one-year bar?
Sources & Official References
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