Loudoun County, VA Short-Term Rentals: Repeat Violator Strikes (2026)
Key Facts
- 2+ registration violations
- 1-year re-registration bar (§1470.04(b))
- 3+ law violations
- 1-year rental-use ban (§1470.04(c))
- Ban attaches to
- the specific property
- Relief
- Director may rescind for good cause
- Enforced by
- Director of Building and Development
Summary
A Loudoun County short-term rental operator hit with two or more written violation notices for failing to register a property can be barred from re-registering that property for one calendar year under § 1470.04(b). More than three violations of any state or local law tied to the rental bars that property from short-term rental use entirely for a year under § 1470.04(c).
(b) Upon written notice, of two or more violations of the registration requirement as it relates to a specific property, the operator of such property may be prohibited from registering said property and from offering or using such property as a short-term residential rental for one calendar year from the date of last notification of violation. Such prohibition may be rescinded for good cause by the Director of Building and Development or his or her designee. (c) Upon written notice of more than three violations of applicable state and local laws, ordinances and regulations applicable to a property offered or used as short-term residential rental, an operator required to register such property may be prohibited from offering such specific property as a short-term residential rental within the County for one year from the date of last notification of violation. Such prohibition may be rescinded for good cause by the Director of Building and Development or his or her designee.
Full Breakdown
Chapter 1470's penalty structure escalates for repeat problem properties. 04(a) is a $500-per-violation fine, capped at $5,000, for operating an unregistered short-term rental after written notice. Subsection (b) goes further: once a specific property has accumulated two or more written-notice violations of the registration duty itself, the Director of Building and Development may bar the operator from registering, or offering, that same property as a short-term rental for one full calendar year, measured from the date of the last violation notice. Subsection (c) reaches beyond registration paperwork to substantive misconduct: if a registered property racks up more than three violations of any applicable state or local law, ordinance, or regulation connected to its use as a short-term rental, the Director can prohibit that property from short-term rental use in the County for one year, again from the date of the last notice.
04(b) and (c). 05, administers the notices and enforcement within the ordinance's reach, which is the unincorporated county and areas outside Loudoun's seven incorporated towns; a habitual-violator property inside Leesburg or another town falls under that town's own code instead.
Violations & Fines
Two or more registration-violation notices on one property trigger a one-year bar on re-registering or renting it as a short-term rental; more than three violations of any law tied to the rental's operation trigger a one-year bar on short-term use altogether. Both penalties run from the date of the last notice and sit on top of the separate $500-per-day fines under § 1470.04(a).
Frequently Asked Questions
How many violations does it take before my property is banned from renting?
Does the ban follow me to my other rental properties?
Can I get the ban lifted early?
Who decides whether my violations count toward the ban?
Sources & Official References
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