Short-Term Rentals in Louisiana (2026)

Caddo Parish requires every transient vacation rental to be licensed by the Parish Administrator under Section 5.3 of…

Operating a short-term rental anywhere in unincorporated Jefferson Parish first requires a lodging accommodation…

Operating a short-term rental in Lafayette without a city license is unlawful. Sec. 73-15 requires a valid, current STR…

Operating a short-term rental in the City of Lafayette without a valid license issued by Lafayette City-Parish…

Short-term rentals are allowed citywide in Lake Charles, but a rental in a residential or neighborhood zoning district…

New Orleans requires three separate permits before any dwelling unit can operate as a short-term rental: an owner…

No one may operate a short-term rental in unincorporated St. Tammany Parish without a permit from the department of…

Baton Rouge regulates short-term rentals through the Unified Development Code. STR operators must comply with zoning…

No one may operate or advertise a short-term rental in Shreveport without a permit first. City Code requires the…

New Orleans bans 'excessive loud sound' from any short-term rental between 10:00 p.m. and 8:00 a.m. - defined as noise…

Shreveport doesn't set a decibel limit for short-term rentals; instead it bans the events that cause noise complaints…

Jefferson Parish does not set a separate decibel limit for short-term rentals. Instead, Sec. 17.5-2(9) forces every…

Lafayette folds short-term rental noise control into its general nuisance and noise code. Sec. 73-8 requires every STR…

Short-term rental operators in the City of Lafayette can't let their rental generate noise, vibration, glare or odors…

Louisiana's 5% state sales tax applies to short-term rentals. State law defines a 'hotel' to include any house…

Short-term rental hosts in Jefferson Parish pay a nonrefundable $750.00 annual processing fee for the lodging…

A Lafayette short-term rental license costs $100.00 up front, non-refundable and non-transferable, with the same…

The City of Lafayette requires a $100 non-refundable short-term rental license, renewed annually for $100, while…

Every Lake Charles short-term rental pays a $100.00 yearly occupational license fee and must either book through a…

Every New Orleans short-term rental carries a stack of city fees on top of state and local taxes: a $50 non-refundable…

Shreveport's Unified Development Code makes short-term rental fees a City Council matter and requires hosts to collect…

St. Tammany Parish levies a $750 annual permit fee on every short-term rental operating in the unincorporated parish…

Tangipahoa Parish's 4 percent occupancy tax reaches short-term rentals directly: homes, apartments, cabins and dwelling…

STR guests in Baton Rouge must comply with city-parish parking regulations. On-site parking should be provided when…

Short-term rental license applicants in the City of Lafayette must disclose the number and location of on-site legal…

Guests at a Shreveport short-term rental cannot park on the lawn or landscaped areas. Both Type A and Type B permits…

St. Tammany Parish requires short-term rental applicants to submit a scaled site and floor plan showing at least one…

Lafayette doesn't set a minimum parking count for short-term rentals: instead Sec. 73-16(b)(9) requires every license…

New Orleans doesn't set its own numeric parking-space count for short-term rentals; instead, City Code § 26-617(c)(4)…

In Lafayette's RM zoning districts, a licensed short-term rental can offer no more than four guest rooms, and each…

Baton Rouge (Ordinance 16370, effective August 2023) limits non-owner-occupied short-term rentals to two guests per…

Lake Charles caps short-term rental occupancy at two guests per bedroom plus two additional people, bans commercial…

Short-term rentals may not exceed the guest-bedroom, guest-occupancy, and density limits in the Comprehensive Zoning…

Shreveport limits how many people can stay in a short-term rental based on permit type. A Type A rental, where the host…

Baton Rouge Ordinance 16370 (effective August 2023) requires all short-term rental operators to carry commercial…

Every Jefferson Parish short-term rental license application must include proof of at least $500,000.00 in general…

New Orleans requires every short-term rental owner permit holder to carry at least $1,000,000 in commercial general…

St. Tammany Parish will not approve a short-term rental permit unless the operator proves at least $500,000 in general…

New Orleans caps STRs by density rather than nights: in residential and neighborhood-business districts only one large…

New Orleans requires the licensed operator of a non-commercial short-term rental to actually live on the property…

Shreveport's Type A short-term rental permit is built around a resident host: on a property with an accessory dwelling…

St. Tammany Parish does not require the host to live on site, but every short-term rental must have a designated local…

Jefferson Parish does not require a host or owner to sleep at a short-term rental during a guest's stay. Sec…

Where Jefferson Parish allows short-term rental at all, the operator has to live there. Sec. 33-5.3.2.5(7)b.2. requires…

New Orleans doesn't require the owner personally to live in a non-commercial short-term rental, but it does require the…

Renting out a spare bedroom or a backyard garage apartment to overnight guests while still living in the home is…

Renting a home in Jefferson Parish for 30 or more consecutive days is not a short-term rental under the parish's zoning…

Once Lafayette revokes a short-term rental license, Sec. 73-18 bars the same licensee from getting a new one for that…

New Orleans makes short-term rental permit revocation automatic, not discretionary, once a hearing officer finds three…

St. Tammany Parish automatically revokes a short-term rental permit that racks up three suspensions in a single…

Jefferson Parish revokes short-term rental licenses on a strike system built on repeat incidents. Sec. 17.5-8 lets the…

Lafayette bars a revoked short-term rental licensee from reapplying for that same property for one full year after the…

Any booking platform operating in Orleans Parish must hold a short-term rental platform permit and is legally barred…