Minneapolis, MN Short-Term Rentals: Repeat Violator Strikes (2026)
Key Facts
- Platform re-license ban
- 5 years after revocation or denial
- Ban applies to
- same or different business name
- Tier III rental dwellings
- ineligible for short-term rental use
- Governing chapters
- Ch. 351 (platforms) and Ch. 244 (hosts)
- Enforced by
- licensing official, director of regulatory services
Summary
A Minneapolis short-term rental hosting platform that gets its license revoked or denied for violating Chapter 351 can't obtain a new one, under the same or a different name, for five years, and Tier III-classified rental dwellings are barred from short-term rental use entirely.
Any person whose short-term rental hosting platform license is revoked or denied under this chapter shall be ineligible to have any interest in, or receive another short-term rental hosting platform license under the same or a different name for a period of five (5) years following revocation or denial.(c)In addition to the powers authorized in this section, the city council may suspend, revoke or deny renewal or impose any other authorized adverse license action against a licensee or applicant in accordance with other applicable sections of the Minneapolis Code of Ordinances, Minnesota Statutes and Rules, or federal laws and rules. (Ord. No. 2017-055, § 1, 10-20-17)
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 72).
Full Breakdown
Minneapolis licenses short-term rental hosting platforms under Chapter 351, separate from host licensing under Chapter 244. A platform that violates Chapter 351, failing to report booking data, remit taxes, or remove unlicensed listings on request, can face fines, suspension, denial, or revocation under § 351.80(a). Once a license is revoked or denied, § 351.80(b) bars anyone who held an interest in it from getting a new Minneapolis hosting-platform license, under the same or any other name, for five years. Separately, § 244.1845(c)(1) bars any rental dwelling already classified Tier III, the city's most serious rental-license violation tier, from short-term rental registration or use.
Violations & Fines
Operating an unlicensed hosting platform, or one whose license was revoked or denied, is enforceable under § 1.30 and Chapter 2 as an administrative offense, plus injunction or abatement under § 351.90; a revoked operator cannot relicense under any name for five years.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can a revoked short-term rental platform just relaunch under a new name?
Does a history of repeat violations end a property's short-term rental eligibility?
Sources & Official References
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