Short-Term Rentals in Maryland (2026)

Howard County has no dedicated short-term-rental permit. Under the Zoning Regulations, renting sleeping accommodations…

Short-term residential rentals in unincorporated Montgomery County require a license from DHCA under County Code…

Registering a short-term rental with DPIE requires proof of ownership, a homestead tax credit copy, insurance and…

MoCo requires a DHCA license before listing or hosting STR guests. Applications take 30 to 60 days. Annual fee is $500…

Annapolis requires a short-term rental license before a property may be listed on any hosting platform, and the license…

Anne Arundel County requires hosts to register each short-term rental with the Department of Inspections and Permits…

Anyone offering a Gaithersburg dwelling for stays under 30 days needs a short-term rental license from the city…

Opening a country inn, tourist home, bed-and-breakfast or resort in unincorporated Harford County is not a by-right use…

To register, a host submits the Director's application form and pays the fee. The form must list all owners and any…

Prince George's County may immediately suspend or revoke a short-term rental license if operation causes a nuisance or…

Excessive noise, traffic, or unruly behavior tied to a short-term rental is grounds for Annapolis to deny, suspend, or…

A short-term rental license can be suspended or revoked if the property repeatedly causes a noise nuisance, under the…

The STR ordinance requires hosts to ensure use of the rental abides by Article 13 of the County Code, which includes…

Short-term rental guests follow the same rule as residents: Harford County Code § 193-8 bars noise audible more than 50…

Maryland imposes a statewide 6% sales and use tax on short-term rental accommodations under 90 days. Hosts and…

Howard County levies a 7% room rental tax on charges to visitors who stay 30 or fewer consecutive days. The Rental…

Short-term rental stays in Prince George's County owe the county hotel/motel occupancy tax, currently 7% of gross room…

Annapolis requires short-term rental licensees to register with the state comptroller for sales and use tax and with…

Anne Arundel County levies an 8% occupancy tax on short-term rental income and charges hosts a $100 registration fee…

Short-term rentals owe Baltimore County's Transient Occupancy Tax of 9.5% of the room rate under Article 11, Subtitle…

Charles County imposes a 5% hotel rental tax on every short-term stay, and the county code specifically defines a…

Gaithersburg's hotel rental tax, 2% of room rental charges, applies to short-term rentals because Chapter 3A's…

Montgomery County collects a 7% room rental and transient tax on short-term rental stays, including Airbnb and other…

A Baltimore County short-term rental must provide a minimum of one parking space for every two guests. The application…

Montgomery County zoning requires one off-street parking space for every short-term rental contract, unless the online…

Prince George's County requires every short-term rental host to attest, as part of the license application, that the…

Anne Arundel County sets no minimum parking count for short-term rentals, but every host must disclose the number of…

Prince George's County limits every short-term rental to a total of eight guests at any one time, and no more than…

Annapolis short-term rental licenses require at least one occupant over age 21 for the entire stay, cap any single…

Guest counts are capped by bedrooms, parking, and septic capacity, but never more than 8 guests in a single-family…

Howard County sets no short-term-rental-specific overnight-guest cap, because it has no STR program. The one…

Short-term rental license applicants in Montgomery County, Maryland must certify occupancy caps: no more than 6…

Prince George's County short-term rental hosts must obtain liability insurance of at least $1,000,000 and provide a…

Anne Arundel County requires short-term rental hosts to submit proof of insurance with their registration application…

Baltimore County requires every short-term rental host to carry an active liability insurance policy of at least…

Prince George's County caps short-term rentals at 90 days per calendar year when the property is unoccupied by the…

Baltimore County sets no annual night cap on STR operation, but defines a short-term rental as occupancy of no more…

Montgomery County caps unhosted short-term rentals at 120 days a year, but hosted rentals where the owner is present…

Whether the host is present sets the annual cap in Prince George's County: an owner-occupied rental (host present the…

Montgomery County requires short-term rental hosts to make the unit their primary residence and, when away, keep a…

Baltimore County distinguishes hosted units, where the host resides on the property during the rental, from un-hosted…

Howard County has no 'primary residence only' STR rule, because it authorizes no STR use to condition on residency. The…

Prince George's County allows short-term rentals only in the host's permanent residence. Applicants must attest the…

Montgomery County zoning limits short-term rentals to dwellings that are the owner's or an authorized resident's…

Baltimore County's code does not textually require the STR to be the host's primary residence, but it bars licensing…

Annapolis caps non-owner-occupied short-term rentals at 10% of homes per blockface, with owner-occupied hosting fully…

Anne Arundel County requires anyone renting a home short-term to register with the Department, limits hosts to two…

Prince George's County exempts settlement occupancy arrangements from its short-term rental licensing rules entirely…

Annapolis revokes or denies a short-term rental license after three verified nuisance violations at the property, with…

Baltimore County escalates penalties for repeat unruly-gathering violations at a rental property, from a warning notice…

A prior violation within 36 months disqualifies a short-term rental license applicant, and a revoked license locks out…

Prince George's County can suspend or revoke a short-term rental license immediately once the property becomes a…

Annapolis bars listing a property on any short-term hosting platform before a license issues, requires the license…

A short-term rental hosting platform that collects a booking fee for an unlicensed Prince George's County host is…

Booking platforms in Anne Arundel County must require a valid registration number before listing a short-term rental…