Short-Term Rentals in Alabama (2026)

Vestavia Hills doesn't permit short-term rentals, it bans them outright: renting any residence to a transient for less…

Operating a short-term non-primary rental in Auburn requires a zoning certificate under Section 408.02(D)(6), valid…

Short-term rentals in the City of Dothan need a business license before anyone can advertise, book or rent the…

Hoover requires an operator to hold both an annual short-term rental permit and a business license for every rental…

Mobile requires short-term rentals to win a conditional use permit under Unified Development Code Section 64-5-6 before…

Operating a short-term rental in Tuscaloosa outside the tourist overlay requires a zoning special exception, and every…

Birmingham's zoning ordinance defines a short-term rental and requires approval of a short-term rental permit from the…

Huntsville requires anyone renting out a room or property for stays under 180 days to hold a business license, taxed…

Three valid, police-substantiated complaints against a Hoover short-term rental in twelve months trigger an automatic…

Auburn regulates short-term homestays as home occupations, and Section 511.04.B.11 of the Zoning Ordinance bars any…

Dothan enforces an 8:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m. quiet time on short-term residential rentals (STRR), making it unlawful for…

Every short-term rental in Tuscaloosa must comply with the city's residential noise standards in Sec. 10.8-13, under…

Alabama imposes a statewide lodgings tax on rooms and accommodations rented for fewer than 180 continuous days…

Auburn taxes short-term rentals and homestays through Category 21 of its business license schedule: an annual license…

Short-term rental owners in the City of Dothan pay a business license tax of $100.00 plus one-half of one percent of…

Hoover charges a nonrefundable $150 annual short-term rental permit fee, $300 for a seven-day special-event rental, and…

Huntsville STRs must collect Alabama state lodging tax (5% mountain lakes region rate), Huntsville local lodging tax of…

Alabama levies a state transient occupancy (lodgings) tax of 5% in Madison County, which is part of the Mountain Lakes…

Short-term rentals in Mobile are explicitly taxed the same as hotels: 10 percent of the rental charge inside city…

Montgomery excludes Airbnb-type hosts from the flat $200 rooming and boarding house business license under Schedule AJ…

Every Tuscaloosa short-term rental operator owes a lodging tax on top of the standard business license: 11 percent of…

Dothan limits owner-occupied short-term rentals (STRR) to one additional guest vehicle at the residence and requires…

Hoover requires one off-street parking space per bedroom at every short-term rental and bans transient guests from…

A Mobile short-term rental must provide two off-street parking spaces for the principal occupants plus one more space…

Tuscaloosa ties a short-term rental's maximum occupancy directly to its parking: Sec. 25-101(c)(4)(iv)(e) allows no…

Auburn requires off-street parking for most home occupations, but homestays get an exception: on-street parking is…

Mobile treats short-term rentals as a conditional use capped at eight guest rooms per establishment, with no on-site…

In the City of Dothan, both owner-occupied short-term residential rentals and non-owner-occupied short-term commercial…

Hoover caps short-term rental occupancy at two guests per bedroom, or a different number if the fire marshal sets one…

Tuscaloosa caps short-term rental occupancy at two adult guests per qualifying off-street parking space under the…

Birmingham's zoning amendments define a short-term rental and route operating limits to Title 12, Chapter 23 of the…

Every Hoover short-term rental permit application must include proof of at least $1,000,000 in liability and personal…

A short-term commercial rental (STCR) approved in the City of Dothan must carry homeowner's property insurance as a…

Every Tuscaloosa short-term rental host must carry at least $1,000,000 in liability and personal injury coverage before…

Auburn limits any whole-unit short-term rental that isn't the owner's residence to 240 days of operation per calendar…

A Tuscaloosa short-term rental allowed by right may operate no more than forty-five days in a calendar year under Sec…

In the City of Dothan, a short-term residential rental (STRR) requires the home to be owner-occupied and recorded as a…

Auburn's homestay rule ties directly to whether the owner is present. Section 511.04(b) of the Zoning Ordinance caps a…

To operate an owner-occupied short-term rental in the City of Dothan, the property must be recorded as a homestead with…

A homestay in Auburn can only operate if the owner actually lives there most of the year. Section 511.04(d) of the…

Hoover permits short-term rentals within city limits, but only subject to the full Article III framework…

Unincorporated Jefferson County's Zoning Resolution defines a short-term rental as renting any residence, or part of…

A Tuscaloosa dwelling used as a short-term rental by right is capped at forty-five (45) days a year under the zoning…

Auburn allows homeowners to share their residence with paying guests only through the "homestay" home occupation…

Auburn doesn't wait for a long enforcement history before pulling a short-term rental permit. Section 511.04(e) of the…

Dothan can revoke a short-term rental's business license once a host racks up more than two notices of violation in a…

Three substantiated police complaints against a Hoover short-term rental in twelve months triggers a minimum six-month…

Tuscaloosa audits every short-term rental before its annual business license renews. If the city finds the unit was not…