Short-Term Rentals in Florida (2026)

Florida law preempts the regulation of vacation rental licensing and inspections to the state Department of Business…

Fort Lauderdale requires every single-family through four-family dwelling rented to transient occupants for periods…

Hialeah short-term rentals (rented more than 3 times per year for periods under 30 days) must obtain a Miami-Dade…

Miami Gardens short-term rentals must obtain a Miami-Dade County Certificate of Use, a city Landlord Permit, a DBPR…

Orlando bans short-term rentals in most residential zones, with limited grandfathered areas, and requires state DBPR…

Under Pasco County Ordinance 99-21 (Land Development Code Section 530.21), a dwelling in unincorporated Pasco may not…

Winter Park requires Business Tax Receipt, DBPR vacation rental license, and Orange County tourist tax account for all…

Anyone who rents out living quarters or operates a vacation rental in unincorporated Brevard County must first obtain a…

Before renting any home, condo or apartment in Clearwater for less than 30 days, the owner must obtain a city business…

Before renting a home short-term in unincorporated Collier County, the owner must register with the state and the…

Davie makes it unlawful to let anyone occupy a vacation rental unless the property is registered with the town and…

Deltona requires every vacation rental to hold a current certificate of registration before renting, with initial…

Renting a single-family or two-family home short term in unincorporated Flagler County east of U.S. Highway 1 requires…

Gulfport's only recognized short-term lodging use inside a home is the owner-occupied bed and breakfast, and it cannot…

Hollywood requires every vacation rental, a dwelling rented for stays under 30 days more than three times a year, to…

Building a new short-term rental or time-share development in Kissimmee requires at least two acres and 12 units…

Miami Beach bars advertising a residential property as a short-term rental until the owner files a sworn affidavit…

In unincorporated Miami-Dade County (UMSA), no one may offer or operate a vacation rental without first obtaining a…

Running a vacation rental or bed and breakfast in Miramar requires a city zoning certificate of use, a business tax…

Since March 3, 2025, Palm Coast has required every short-term vacation rental to register with the city and pay the…

Any Pinellas County short term rental, a dwelling rented more than three times a year for stays under 30 days, needs a…

Operating a short-term rental in a Residential Zoning District in Pompano Beach without a permit is unlawful. Section…

City of Sarasota vacation rental certificates are non-transferable, tied to one owner and one property, and a sale or…

In the City of Satellite Beach, only the RM-3 residential-mixed use district east of Highway A1A permits short-term…

Titusville bans renting a single-family detached home for stays of three months or less, or more than four times in a…

Florida preempts local vacation-rental bans under Fla. Stat. 509.032(7)(b), so Bay County can't prohibit STRs or cap…

Boynton Beach requires STR operators to hold a FL DBPR vacation rental license, a Palm Beach County Tourist Development…

All residential rental properties with 4 or fewer units in Cape Coral must register with the city under a 2021…

Florida preempts local vacation-rental bans under Fla. Stat. 509.032(7)(b), so Charlotte County cannot prohibit STRs or…

Doral makes it unlawful to rent a single-family, two-family, multi-family, or townhome dwelling to a short-term…

Florida requires a DBPR vacation-rental license before renting a whole home short-term. Escambia County (unincorporated…

Florida preempts local STR bans under Fla. Stat. §509.032(7)(b), so Hernando County cannot prohibit vacation rentals…

Florida preempts local vacation-rental bans (Fla. Stat. 509.032(7)(b)), so Indian River County cannot prohibit STRs. It…

Florida preempts vacation-rental licensing to the state. Lake County cannot require a local operating permit that bans…

The Lee County code contains no vacation-rental operating permit. What the county does impose is the tourist…

Unincorporated Manatee County has no adopted STR registration ordinance as of mid-2026. A draft ordinance (proposed…

Unincorporated Marion County has no separate short-term-rental permit, but Florida law requires every vacation rental…

Florida preempts local vacation-rental bans under Fla. Stat. 509.032(7), so Okaloosa County cannot prohibit STRs or cap…

Florida law strips Osceola County of authority to ban short-term rentals or limit how often or how long a house can be…

Hosts renting short-term in unincorporated Palm Beach County must file a registration application and pay fees for a…

Plant City cannot ban short-term rentals under FL §509.032 state preemption. Operators must hold a FL DBPR Vacation…

Every hosted or non-hosted vacation rental in Plantation must register with the city and hold a Certificate of…

Polk County cannot run a licensing scheme, but it does require every vacation-rental operator to obtain a Class B local…

The Port St. Lucie code creates no short-term-rental permit or registration. What it does require is a City business…

Florida preempts vacation-rental licensing to the state, so you obtain a DBPR vacation-rental license, not a county…

The Responsible Party registers each unincorporated-county vacation rental online through Avenu Insights & Analytics…

Any St. Lucie County vacation rental must hold a Florida DBPR vacation-rental license before advertising or renting…

Florida preempts local vacation-rental bans under Fla. Stat. §509.032(7)(b), so Sunrise cannot prohibit STRs. It runs…

West Palm Beach requires registration of all short-term rentals under City Code Ch 90. FL §509.032 preempts outright…

Jacksonville (consolidated city-county for Duval County) has no STR-specific registration ordinance. After a November…

Palm Bay does not have a city-specific short-term rental ordinance or registration requirement as of 2026. Florida law…

The City of Tampa does not require a city-issued short-term rental (STR) operating permit. Florida Statute…

Fort Lauderdale vacation rentals must be equipped with a noise-detection device (data kept 180 days), post a strict…

Hollywood requires every vacation rental to carry noise level detection devices indoors and in the backyard or pool…

Vacation-rental guests follow the same noise rules as residents. In unincorporated Bay County that means the…

Brevard County caps noise from short-term "resort dwellings" in unincorporated areas at the residential decibel limit…

Broward County applies its general noise ordinance to short-term rentals. Cities within Broward may adopt stricter…

Charlotte County has no STR-specific noise rule; vacation-rental guests follow the same general noise ordinance (Sec…

Every owner of a registered short-term vacation rental in unincorporated Collier County must tell guests, before they…

Before Doral will register a short-term rental, the owner must acknowledge in writing that making noise above the…

Every short-term vacation rental in unincorporated Flagler County must post a required quiet-hours notice inside the…

Short-term rental guests in Hernando County follow the same Noise Control Ordinance as everyone else: 60 dBA daytime…

Indian River County vacation rentals must follow the county noise ordinance, and Code Sec. 911.15 flatly bars using a…

Miami Beach requires every transient occupant of a short-term rental to follow the city's general noise ordinance…

Miami-Dade County bans outdoor amplified sound at unincorporated vacation rentals at any time and requires guests to…

Miramar requires every short-term rental to follow the city's noise ordinance and to post a written notice about it…

Okaloosa County has no rental-specific noise code; short-term-rental guests follow the same Land Development Code…

Short-term rentals in Orlando must comply with Chapter 43 noise standards just like any residence, and operators in…

Pasco County Ordinance 99-21 requires every short-term rental to post a 'Notice to Occupant' on the back of the main…

Short term rentals in unincorporated Pinellas County must observe quiet hours from 10:00 p.m. to 9:00 a.m. daily under…

Every non-hosted Plantation vacation rental must carry a noise detection device, post noise notices indoors and by the…

Every Pompano Beach short-term rental must post notice that unreasonably loud noise crossing the property line is…

STR guests must obey the county's noise ordinance, which caps sound at the property line: roughly 60 dB overnight (9…

Every registered vacation rental in the City of Sarasota must post a quiet-hours notice inside the unit and tell guests…

Vacation rentals must comply with Seminole County Code Chapter 165 (Noise), which prohibits excessive noise between…

St. Johns County's Land Development Code requires every Short Term Vacation Rental lease to disclose compliance with…

Short-term rentals in Tampa must comply with the general noise ordinance in Chapter 14. Florida Statutes 509.032…

Florida imposes a 6% state sales tax, plus county discretionary surtaxes of 0.5 to 1.5%, on rentals of living…

St. Petersburg short-term rental operators must collect 7% Florida sales tax plus 6% Pinellas County Tourist…

A Bay County vacation rental owes about 12%: Florida's 6% state sales tax, a 1% county surtax, and Bay County's 5%…

Boynton Beach charges a non-refundable $525.00 initial application fee and a $325.00 annual renewal fee for every…

Brevard County levies a 5% tourist development tax, 2% plus three added 1% increments, on vacation rentals leased for…

Broward County levies a tourist development tax on short-term rentals of six months or less, currently totaling six…

A Charlotte County vacation rental owes about 12% in taxes: Florida's 6% state sales tax, a 1% county discretionary…

Clay County levies a 5% Tourist Development Tax on rentals of living quarters and accommodations for six months or…

Clearwater requires a city business tax receipt for any single-family home, duplex, condo, townhouse, apartment, hotel…

Collier County levies a 5% Tourist Development Tax on the rent for any accommodation rented for six months or less…

Davie vacation rental applicants must prove they are registered with the Florida Department of Revenue for sales tax…

Deltona short-term rental hosts must collect 12.5% total tax: 6% Florida state sales tax, 0.5% Volusia County…

Doral charges a registration fee for every short-term rental application, with the amount set by city council…

Escambia charges a 5% Tourist Development ("bed") tax on stays of six months or less, on top of Florida's 7.5% sales…

Flagler County short-term vacation rental owners must register with the Florida Department of Revenue to collect and…

Vacation rental registration in Fort Lauderdale carries a non-refundable fee set by city commission resolution, and a…

A Hernando County vacation rental owes about 11.5% in lodging taxes: Florida's 6% sales tax plus the county's 0.5%…

Hollywood ties every vacation rental license application, renewal, and modification to a fee set by City Commission…

A short-term rental in Indian River County owes about 11% in lodging taxes: Florida's 6% transient rental tax (Fla…

Jacksonville charges a 4% tourist development tax on Airbnb and VRBO stays of six months or less, on top of state sales…

Lake County charges a 4% Tourist Development Tax on rentals of six months or less, remitted to the Lake County Tax…

Manatee County charges a 6% Tourist Development Tax on rentals of six months or less (raised from 5% effective Jan 1…

Short-term rentals of six months or less in Marion County owe a 4% county tourist development tax plus the 6% state…

Martin County charges a 5% tourist development tax on rentals of six months or less, collected by the Tax Collector on…

Miami Beach levies a 4 percent resort tax on the rent of every hotel, motel or apartment-house room, including…

Miami-Dade County collects a 6% Convention and Tourist Tax on short-term rentals: 3% Convention Development Tax, 2%…

Miramar vacation rental operators must register with the Florida Department of Revenue for sales tax and with Broward…

A short-term rental in Okaloosa County owes 6% Florida state sales tax plus a 6% county Tourist Development Tax on…

Orlando requires owner-occupied home-sharing hosts to pay an annual registration fee set by City Council resolution and…

Every short-term rental in unincorporated Osceola County, house, condo or room booked for six months or less, owes a 6…

Unincorporated Palm Beach County levies a 6% Tourist Development Tax on stays of six months or less, and hosts must…

Registering a short-term vacation rental in Palm Coast costs a City Council-set application fee on top of proving…

All Pasco County short-term rentals, transient lodging, and bed-and-breakfasts rented for six months or less are…

Registering a vacation rental in Plantation costs $250 for a hosted unit or $1,000 for a non-hosted unit, plus annual…

Polk County levies a 5% Tourist Development Tax on rentals of six months or less. Combined with Florida's 7% sales tax…

Pompano Beach charges short-term rental owners a nonrefundable permit fee under § 153.08(D)(2): $675 for a…

Santa Rosa County's Tourist Development Tax is 5% of gross rent for stays of six months or less, collected on top of…

City of Sarasota charges $500 for an initial vacation rental certificate, $350 to renew each year, and $200 late or…

Owners renting a house, condo or room in unincorporated Sarasota County for six months or less must collect and remit a…

A Sunrise vacation rental owes about 13% in lodging taxes: a 6% Florida transient rental tax, a 1% Broward…

Tampa STR operators must collect 6% Florida state sales tax, 6% Hillsborough County Tourist Development Tax under FL…

West Palm Beach STR operators must collect 13% in combined transient taxes: 6% Florida Sales Tax, 1% Palm Beach County…

Short-term rentals in Zephyrhills are subject to Pasco County's 5% Tourist Development Tax, Florida's 6% sales tax, and…

Short-term rentals are largely prohibited in Coral Gables residential districts, making dedicated STR parking rules…

Coral Springs requires all vehicles associated with a vacation rental to be parked within the driveway on the subject…

Doral requires all short-term rental guest vehicles to be parked in the driveway. Street parking for short-term rental…

Pasco County's Conditional Use permit for vacation rentals requires designated parking for renters and prohibits RV…

Apopka STRs must provide off-street parking for all guest vehicles. Street parking overflow is discouraged and subject…

Boynton Beach requires every vehicle at a short-term rental to sit in an approved off-street parking space or driveway…

Brevard County requires one off-street parking space per bedroom for resort dwellings (short-term rentals) in…

Cape Coral short-term rentals must follow the same parking standards as other dwellings in the Land Development Code…

No STR-specific parking rules exist in Dade City. Standard residential parking regulations from the Land Development…

Short-term rental properties in Daytona Beach must comply with city parking regulations under Chapter 94. Guest…

Short-term rental guests must follow Deltona's residential parking rules. Vehicles must be parked on approved driveways…

Unincorporated Flagler County requires one off-street parking space for every three transient occupants permitted in a…

Gainesville's land development code has no short-term rental use category, so no STR-specific parking rule exists…

Hialeah STR properties must provide adequate off-street parking per zoning requirements. Vehicles must not block…

Hollywood vacation rental guests must park only on-site, or off-site where parking is otherwise allowed, and follow the…

Short-term rental properties in Homestead must provide adequate off-street parking for guests. The city's parking…

Indian River County caps vacation-rental parking: one automobile per bedroom, not to exceed five, all parked on-site on…

Jacksonville STRs must provide one off-street parking space per bedroom. Parking plan required with STR registration…

Jupiter STR registrations require off-street parking for all guest vehicles. Parking on lawns, swales, or public…

Largo Ordinance 2019-28 requires at least one off-street parking space for every three guests at a short-term vacation…

Melbourne's general parking regulations apply to STR properties. Off-street parking is required per the zoning code…

Miami Beach caps short-term rental guests at two vehicles at a time, and every vehicle must park in the property's…

In unincorporated Miami-Dade County, vacation rental guests may park only in the driveway, a designated area, or…

Miramar short-term and vacation rentals must fit all guest parking on the rental unit's own lot. Guests cannot spill…

North Port requires off-street parking for short-term rental units at a ratio of one space for every two guests, set…

Ocoee requires STR guests to park on-site only, not on lawns or public streets overnight. FL §509.032 limits Ocoee to…

Orange County STR ordinances require one off-street parking space per bedroom for vacation rentals. Street parking and…

Short-term rentals in Orlando must provide off-street parking for all guests under generally applicable zoning rules…

Florida lets counties regulate parking for vacation rentals as long as the rule applies uniformly to all homes. Osceola…

No STR-specific parking rules exist in Palm Bay. General residential parking regulations under Chapter 74.25 apply…

Short-term rentals in unincorporated Pinellas County must provide one off-street parking space per bedroom, with no…

Short-term rentals in Pinellas Park must use off-street parking required by the Land Development Code, and on-street…

Polk County sets no vacation-rental-specific parking mandate. STR parking is governed by the same Land Development Code…

Pompano Beach STRs must maintain required off-street parking under Zoning Code Section 155.5102. Guest vehicles cannot…

Short-term rental guests must follow Port Orange residential parking rules. Vehicles must be parked on paved driveways…

Safety Harbor's Land Development Code requires off-street parking for residential dwellings used as vacation rentals…

City of Sarasota vacation rental ordinance Sarasota City Code § 34.5-14 requires every vehicle tied to a vacation…

When a short-term room rental unit in the RMF-1 zoning district inside the Siesta Key Overlay District is rebuilt after…

STRs must comply with Seminole's general residential parking standards. On-street parking is allowed where signed; lawn…

A single-family, duplex, or multi-family vacation rental needs at least two off-street parking spaces, plus one more…

St. Johns County LDC 2.02.04.B.19 requires short-term rentals to provide at least one off-street parking space per…

St. Petersburg requires off-street parking for short-term rentals, generally one space per three occupants, and…

Neither Tallahassee code uses the phrase short-term rental or vacation rental. Guest parking falls under the ordinary…

Tampa STRs must meet the residential parking standards of their zoning district, typically two off-street spaces per…

The Land Development Code requires at least one off-street parking space per three occupants for tourist homes, and…

Temple Terrace STRs must provide all guest parking on site. On-street parking for overnight rental guests is…

In unincorporated Volusia County, vehicles must be parked behind or beside the dwelling unit in residential zones. STR…

West Palm Beach STR registrations require one off-street parking space per bedroom, with no overnight street parking…

Florida lets Okaloosa County regulate short-term-rental parking, and the county lists parking among the aspects it may…

Coral Gables prohibits short-term rentals in all residential districts, making occupancy limits effectively zero for…

Coral Springs limits vacation rental occupancy to a maximum of 16 registered guests under Ordinance 2022-109 (LDC…

Fort Lauderdale caps overnight vacation-rental occupancy at two persons per sleeping room (verified by city inspection)…

Largo Ordinance 2019-28 caps short-term rental occupancy at one guest per 150 gross square feet of air-conditioned…

Ormond Beach prohibits short-term rentals (less than a six-month lease) in every residential zoning district, so there…

Pinellas County caps short-term rental occupancy at two persons per bedroom plus two in a common area, not exceeding…

Tourist homes are capped at two persons per bedroom plus two persons in one common area, with an absolute maximum of…

Titusville Land Development Regulations Chapter 28, Article I, Section 28-9 prohibits the rental of an entire…

Under FL §509.032 (amended 2014), cities may cap STR occupancy at 2 persons per bedroom plus 2 additional, or 2 per 50…

Bay County caps short-term vacation rental occupancy at one person per 150 square feet of gross floor area, based on…

Florida law preempts cities from banning vacation rentals or regulating how often they turn over, but it leaves…

Brevard County calls short-term rentals resort dwellings, meaning homes rented for under 90 days. Where they are…

Broward cities set STR maximum occupancy typically at 2 persons per bedroom plus 2 additional, consistent with SB 280…

Collier County's registration ordinance does not set a special STR headcount cap; occupancy is governed by the Florida…

Dade City does not impose a city-specific overnight occupancy cap on short-term rentals. Florida Statute 509.032(7)(b)…

Davie caps overnight vacation rental occupancy at two people per sleeping room and daytime gatherings at 1.5 times that…

Daytona Beach restricts short-term rentals to designated tourist zoning districts and redevelopment overlay areas…

Deltona regulates short-term rentals through Chapter 70 of the Code of Ordinances and the city's Land Development Code…

Doral regulates short-term rental occupancy under its Code of Ordinances. Occupancy limits are generally tied to the…

Flagler County caps short-term vacation rental occupancy at ten transient occupants in single-family and two-family…

Gainesville's code sets no guest cap for short-term rentals. Occupancy floors come from the 2018 International Property…

Gulfport caps how many guest rooms a bed and breakfast may rent based on the building's gross floor area, from one room…

Hialeah enforces occupancy limits for short-term rentals based on the Florida Building Code and local zoning…

Hillsborough County STRs limited to 2 persons per bedroom plus 2 additional, not to exceed 12 total occupants. FL Fire…

Hollywood limits every vacation rental bedroom to two overnight occupants and three daytime occupants, and the citywide…

Homestead STR occupancy is limited by the Florida Building Code and fire safety capacity. The general standard is two…

Jacksonville imposes occupancy limits on short-term vacation rentals. Maximum occupancy is two persons per bedroom plus…

Jupiter STR occupancy limits follow FL §509.032(7)(b): 2 persons per bedroom plus 2 additional, or 2 persons per 50 sq…

Lakeland limits the number of guests allowed in short-term rental properties. Occupancy caps are typically based on…

Miami Beach caps short-term rental occupancy at two persons per bedroom, not counting children under two. The cap still…

Miami Gardens enforces occupancy limits for short-term rentals at 2 persons per bedroom plus 2 additional people. This…

Miami-Dade County caps vacation rental occupancy in unincorporated areas (UMSA) at two guests per bedroom plus two…

FL §509.032(7)(b) allows Ocoee to cap STR occupancy at 2 persons per bedroom plus 2 additional, or 2 persons per 50 sq…

Orange County caps STR occupancy at 2 persons per bedroom plus 2 additional, not exceeding FL Fire Marshal life-safety…

Florida Statute 509.032(7)(b) caps how aggressively cities can limit STR occupancy, but Orlando applies fire code and…

Palm Coast caps how many guests can stay in a short-term vacation rental. Sec. 17-71(2) limits occupancy to two…

Pasco County Ordinance 99-21 caps short-term rental occupancy at two persons per separate enclosed bedroom, and anyone…

Pinellas Park does not set STR-specific occupancy caps, but Florida's preemption statute FS 509.032(7) allows uniform…

Plant City follows FL DBPR vacation rental standards: maximum occupancy based on bedroom count. State guidance…

Plantation caps overnight occupancy at a vacation rental to two persons per bedroom or eight occupants total, whichever…

Polk County does not impose a special guest-occupancy cap on vacation rentals. Florida law bars local governments from…

Pompano Beach Section 153.26 limits STR occupancy to that permitted by the underlying zoning district. In no case may…

Florida Statute 509.032(7)(b) preempts Port Orange from adopting occupancy or duration rules that treat vacation…

Florida law caps how Safety Harbor can limit vacation rental occupancy: no fewer than two persons per bedroom plus two…

City of Sarasota caps overnight vacation rental occupancy at two guests per bedroom plus two, topping out at 10 in…

Overnight occupancy is capped at two people per sleeping room, plus up to four children under 13 who are not counted…

St. Lucie County and Port St. Lucie set no special STR occupancy cap; Florida bars localities from regulating rental…

St. Johns County LDC 2.02.04.B.19 caps short-term rentals at two transient occupants per sleeping room or common area…

St. Petersburg generally limits short-term rental occupancy to two persons per bedroom plus two in a common area…

STR occupancy in Tampa is governed primarily by Florida DBPR standards and International Building Code provisions. FL…

Temple Terrace applies reasonable occupancy standards consistent with FL §509.032(7)(b), typically 2 persons per…

Volusia STR occupancy limits governed by F.S. §509.032 preemption framework. Local occupancy caps only allowed if…

Winter Park limits STR occupancy to 2 persons per bedroom plus 2 additional, consistent with FL Fire Code life safety…

No Marion County ordinance sets a vacation-rental occupancy cap; Florida law bars counties from limiting STR occupancy…

The City of Melbourne has not adopted a vacation-rental-specific occupancy ordinance, and Florida Statute 509.032(7)(b)…

Palm Bay has no city-specific short-term rental occupancy cap. Florida Statute 509.032(7)(b) preempts the city from…

Port St. Lucie does set maximum occupancy for every residential district in section 158.082, based on floor area…

Tallahassee's Land Development Code sets no short-term rental occupancy cap by name, but it defines a family as a…

The City of Zephyrhills has not adopted a vacation-rental-specific occupancy ordinance. Florida Statutes 509.032(7)(b)…

Florida requires DBPR-licensed vacation rentals to maintain liability insurance, and Broward cities commonly require…

Florida law (FL Statute Section 509.032) requires STR operators to maintain adequate liability coverage. Hialeah STR…

Every Hollywood vacation rental license application must include a certificate of insurance covering liability for…

Homestead STR operators should carry liability insurance of $300,000 to $1,000,000 covering guest injuries and property…

Miami Beach requires every short-term rental owner to carry liability insurance covering guests and their invitees for…

Unincorporated Miami-Dade County requires vacation rental Certificate of Use applicants to attest that liability…

Miramar requires every bed and breakfast, vacation rental, and short-term rental to carry commercial general liability…

No Pasco County-specific ordinance directly addresses short-term rental insurance requirements; FL state default…

Winter Park does not cap annual rental nights but enforces 30-day minimum stays in most residential zones, effectively…

Doral won't let an owner cycle a property through the short-term rental program indefinitely: section 5-271(a)(3) caps…

Clearwater does not impose an annual night cap, because Florida Statute 509.032(7)(b) preempts cities adopted after…

Collier County cannot set minimum-night stays or cap how often you rent. Florida Statute 509.032(7)(b) expressly bars…

Escambia County and Pensacola cannot set minimum-night stays, annual night caps, or limits on how often a home is…

Florida expressly prohibits counties from regulating the duration or frequency of vacation rentals. Lake County cannot…

Most of unincorporated Lee County's code sets no cap on how many nights you may rent. Captiva Island is the exception…

Manatee County cannot set minimum-night or maximum-night limits on vacation rentals. Florida FS 509.032(7)(b) expressly…

Polk County cannot cap the number of nights or rentals per year. FS 509.032(7)(b) expressly bars local rules that…

Santa Rosa County imposes no minimum-night stay and no cap on how many nights or times per year a property may be…

Sarasota County does not cap the number of rental nights or bookings per year. Florida law bars local governments from…

No. Seminole County does not impose minimum-night or maximum-night limits, and Florida law forbids it: FS 509.032(7)(b)…

St. Lucie County and its cities cannot set minimum-night stays or cap how many nights per year you rent. Florida…

West Palm Beach does not impose a minimum or maximum night cap on short-term rental stays. FL §509.032 preempts cities…

Boynton Beach does not impose a minimum-night stay requirement on STRs. Florida §509.032 preempts most length-of-stay…

Florida Statute 509.032 preempts local governments from regulating the duration or frequency of short-term rentals, so…

Coral Springs does not cap the number of nights, length of stay, or frequency of vacation rental bookings. Florida…

Fort Lauderdale does not cap nights, length, or frequency of vacation rental stays. Under Florida Statute…

Hialeah and Miami-Dade County do not impose annual night caps on short-term rentals. Florida Statute 509.032(7)(b)…

Hollywood does not cap the total number of nights a licensed vacation rental may be rented per year. Florida Statute…

Homestead does not impose annual night caps or limits on how many nights per year a property can be rented as a…

Jacksonville imposes no nightly minimum stay or annual night cap on short-term rentals. Florida Statute 509.032(7)(b)…

Jupiter does not impose a minimum stay requirement beyond state law. FL §509.032 preempts minimum-night caps that would…

The City of Miami does not impose an annual night cap on vacation rentals. Florida Statute 509.032(7)(b) preempts…

Miami Gardens and Miami-Dade County impose no annual night caps on short-term rentals. Florida Statute 509.032(7)(b)…

Miami-Dade does not cap the annual number of nights a property may be rented short-term. Florida §509.032 preempts…

Miramar imposes no annual night cap or minimum-stay requirement on vacation rentals. Florida Statute 509.032(7)(b)…

Florida law bars Osceola County from capping how many nights a year a short-term or vacation rental can operate, or…

Palm Beach County has not imposed minimum night stay requirements on STRs in unincorporated areas. Minimum stay caps…

Pembroke Pines does not impose an annual night cap on short-term rentals. Florida Statute 509.032(7)(b) prohibits any…

Plant City does not cap minimum or maximum night stays for short-term rentals. FL §509.032 preempts local stay-length…

Pompano Beach does not cap the number of nights a property may be rented short-term. Florida Statute 509.032(7)(b)…

Tampa does not cap the number of nights a property can be rented short-term. Florida Statutes 509.032 preempts local…

Miami Code Sec. 2-211 limits short-term rentals to specific zoning districts and requires a Certificate of Use, but…

Hollywood requires the vacation rental representative to answer a listed phone number around the clock and physically…

In unincorporated Miami-Dade areas designated Estate or Low Density residential on the county's land use plan, the…

Miramar does not require a host to sleep on-site, but every bed and breakfast or vacation rental must have a local…

Orlando's home-sharing ordinance only allows 'hosted visits': stays where the property owner or tenant actually lives…

Collier County requires every short-term rental owner, or their Designated Responsible Party, to be reachable in person…

Jacksonville Ord. 656.401(d) limits short-term rentals to specific zoning districts and requires a Certificate of Use…

No. Manatee County does not require the host to be on-site during a short-term rental. Florida preemption (FS…

No on-site host is required, but Osceola County (like most Florida jurisdictions) expects a responsible party or…

Palm Beach County splits short-term rentals into Home Sharing, where the host lives on-site during the stay, and…

Pinellas County requires every unincorporated short term rental to designate one responsible party under Code §…

No on-site host is required, but every vacation rental must name a Responsible Party who can be reached at any hour…

If you live in your St. Johns County home full time and it's your homestead, you can rent out rooms or the whole house…

Vacation rentals in the City of Sarasota are exempt from the Ch. 34.5 registration and occupancy rules entirely when…

Tampa does not require the host to be present during a short-term rental stay because Florida Statute §509.032…

Miramar's Land Development Code flatly requires bed and breakfast units to be owner-occupied, a standard laid out in…

Orlando only allows short-term rentals as 'owner-occupied home sharing': an accessory use that has to sit on the same…

No. Collier County cannot require that a short-term rental be the owner's primary residence. Florida law preempts…

Escambia County cannot require a vacation rental to be the owner's primary residence. State law bars local rules that…

No. Florida preempts vacation-rental regulation to the state and bars counties from prohibiting rentals or restricting…

Unincorporated Lee County's code does not require a short-term rental to be your primary residence. The one…

No. Manatee County does not require a short-term rental to be your primary residence, and Florida law forbids local…

Miami-Dade does not impose a countywide primary-residence requirement on short-term rentals, but Florida statute…

No. Osceola County cannot require a short-term rental to be the owner's primary residence. Florida's FS 509.032(7)(b)…

Polk County cannot restrict vacation rentals to owner-occupied or primary residences. FS 509.032(7)(b) bars local laws…

No. Seminole County does not require a vacation rental to be the owner's primary residence, and Florida law would…

St. Lucie County and its cities cannot restrict vacation rentals to a host's primary residence. Florida Statute…

Florida Statute §509.032 prevents Miami from limiting short-term rentals to a host's primary residence. Miami may only…

Tampa cannot limit short-term rentals to a host's primary residence because Florida §509.032 preempts duration and…

Renting a Kissimmee home for less than 30 days is banned in residential districts unless it sits in an SRPUD or MUPUD…

Doral's short-term rental program only covers stays of seven days to six months; anything shorter is barred outright…

Fort Lauderdale's vacation rental ordinance only reaches homes rented to transient occupants for stretches under 30…

In unincorporated Miami-Dade County, the vacation-rental ordinance only covers stays under 30 days; renting a home or…

The City of Sarasota's vacation-rental chapter does not apply to homes rented only in stretches of thirty days or more…

Long-stay home-share arrangements over 30 days fall outside Florida's vacation rental definition under §509.032, so…

Hollywood runs a strict strike system for vacation rentals: the City Manager may suspend a license after a second…

Miami Beach fines a first short-term rental violation $1,000, but a second violation within six months jumps to $5,000…

Orlando does not run a warnings-first or three-strikes system for home-sharing violations. City Code § 58.990(f) states…

Both the owner and the management company of a Pasco County short-term rental are held jointly and severally…

Pompano Beach revokes short-term rental permits on a two-strike rule. Under § 153.08(H)(1)(i), if the Special…

Brevard County's code enforcement special magistrate can suspend a resort dwelling's business tax receipt for up to 30…

Doral fines short-term rental registration violations on an escalating scale under Sec. 5-271(c)(2): $500 for a first…

A third vacation-rental violation triggers a 180-day certificate suspension in Fort Lauderdale, a fourth triggers 365…

Miami-Dade County denies Certificate of Use renewal to unincorporated-area vacation rentals with three or more code…

Miramar suspends a short-term rental's operating certificate on an escalating schedule for repeat violations: 30 days…

The City of Sarasota escalates vacation-rental suspensions for repeat offenders: no suspension on a first violation…

Flagler County runs short-term vacation rental enforcement as a graduated strike program: a first violation of Sec…

Palm Beach County can revoke a Home Sharing or Vacation Rental registration for any violation of the short-term rental…

St. Johns County shifts code enforcement from tenants to owners after repeat violations at a Short Term Vacation…

Miami Beach bars hosting platforms like Airbnb from listing a rental unless the property's business tax receipt and…

In unincorporated Miami-Dade County, booking platforms like Airbnb must screen listings for a valid Certificate of Use…

Airbnb, Vrbo and other hosting platforms operating in unincorporated Palm Beach County must verify each host holds an…

Florida Statute §509.032 prevents Tampa from requiring Airbnb or Vrbo to verify local registration, so platform…