Short-Term Rentals in Minnesota (2026)

In the City of Apple Valley, Minnesota, no dwelling or portion of a dwelling can be used as a rental unit for any…

Short-term rentals are prohibited in Bloomington. City Code §14.577(b) bans all rentals of less than 30 consecutive…

In the City of Coon Rapids, renting out a dwelling or dwelling unit for less than 30 consecutive days is prohibited…

Saint Paul STR hosts register through the PAULIE online system with proof of ownership, insurance, Workers Comp, and an…

Anyone operating a short-term rental in unincorporated Blue Earth County needs an interim use permit from the planning…

Operating a vacation dwelling unit in the City of Duluth requires an interim use permit under the Unified Development…

Eagan does not offer a special short-term rental permit. Instead, Eagan City Code § 6.55 requires any Airbnb, VRBO, or…

Since Ordinance 1120 took effect February 17, 2026, no one may rent out or even advertise a Lakeville dwelling as a…

Maple Grove short-term rental applications must be filed 60 days before license expiration and name a local contact if…

Minneapolis requires a rental dwelling license for non-homestead short-term rentals and a short-term rental…

Rochester requires anyone operating a short-term rental, a dwelling rented for under 30 days, to hold a registration…

Renting a home in unincorporated Stearns County as a Vacation/Short Term Rental requires an Interim Use Permit for…

In the City of Plymouth, operating a short-term rental, defined as renting a dwelling or unit for stays under 30 days…

Ramsey County MN issues no short-term-rental permit. STRs are licensed by each city. In St. Paul (the county seat)…

Unincorporated St. Louis County requires anyone operating a hotel, lodging house, boarding house or resort, including…

St. Louis County does not set fixed quiet hours by ordinance, but the Planning and Zoning Director can impose quiet…

Short-term rentals in unincorporated Blue Earth County must build quiet hours into their required business plan under…

In the City of Lakeville, Minnesota, a short-term rental permit requires that noise not carry beyond the property line…

Minneapolis requires licensed short-term rentals in small buildings to submit a management plan covering noise, trash…

In the City of Plymouth, short-term rental licensees must prevent conduct that disturbs the neighborhood, including…

Saint Paul STRs must follow Chapter 293 noise limits: 65 dBA daytime (7 AM-10 PM) and 55 dBA nighttime (10 PM-7 AM)…

Stearns County requires the owner or emergency contact of a Vacation/Short Term Rental to keep noise within Minnesota…

Short-term rental guests in Wright County follow the same rules as residents: the MPCA property-line standard (MN Rules…

Minnesota state law imposes 6.875% sales tax plus applicable local lodging taxes on all short-term rentals under 30…

Minneapolis STRs collect 6.875 percent MN sales tax, 3 percent Minneapolis lodging tax, 2.5 percent Minneapolis…

Minnesota short-term rentals owe 6.875% state sales tax plus any local lodging tax. Under Minn. Stat. §469.190 a city…

Minnesota sales tax applies to short-term rentals under 30 days. Dakota County has no county-wide lodging tax. Cities…

Short-term rentals in Hennepin County collect 6.875% Minnesota sales tax plus city-specific lodging taxes ranging from…

In the City of Lakeville, Minnesota, every short-term rental permit holder must certify before approval that no…

Maple Grove charges short-term rental operators license, penalty, and reinstatement fees set in the city's fee schedule…

Plymouth taxes short-term and vacation rentals the same way it taxes hotels: City Code Section 1185.01 defines 'lodging…

This is the real county-level layer. Minnesota lodging-tax authority runs through Minn. Stat. §469.190 (up to 3%). St…

Rochester charges an annual license fee for short-term rental hosting platforms under Code section 7-10-3, discounted…

Saint Paul charges $45 a year for a short-term rental host license, whether the unit is owner- or non-owner-occupied…

Stays under 30 days owe Minnesota's 6.875% sales tax, and cities may add a local lodging tax of up to 3%. Airbnb and…

St. Louis County no longer fixes a dollar license fee in Ordinance No. 16 itself. A 1974 amendment, effective January…

Woodbury taxes short-term and vacation rental stays at 3 percent under its local lodging tax, City Code Sec. 2-395…

Short-term stays under 30 days in Wright County owe Minnesota's 6.875% state sales tax, plus a local lodging tax of up…

Every short-term rental in unincorporated Blue Earth County must provide at least two off-street parking spaces under…

Duluth requires licensed vacation dwelling units to provide off-street parking scaled to bedroom count: units licensed…

City Code § 9-10-7.D confines every short-term rental guest's vehicle to a passenger car parked in the garage or on a…

Minneapolis requires short-term rental hosts in buildings under 20 units to submit a management plan addressing…

Short-term rental hosts in unincorporated St. Louis County must provide enough on-site parking for their guests. Zoning…

Saint Paul does not impose a minimum parking requirement on short-term rentals; the zoning code instead sets a…

Saint Paul caps STR units per building by property type: 1 unit for single-family homes, up to 4 for owner-occupied…

Short-term rental occupancy in unincorporated Blue Earth County is tied directly to septic capacity: Sec. 24-337(b)(1)…

The City of Duluth caps how many guests a licensed vacation dwelling unit can host: one person plus two per bedroom…

City Code § 9-10-7.B caps every permitted Lakeville short-term rental at two adults per bedroom, plus their dependent…

Minneapolis caps every short-term rental at ten occupants regardless of the property's size, a flat limit set in the…

Ramsey County sets no STR occupancy limit. In St. Paul, each unit's maximum occupancy is set by the zoning and building…

Rochester's short-term rental table in section 7-10-2(b) caps how many units in a building may operate as short-term…

Stearns County caps overnight occupancy at a Vacation/Short Term Rental to what Lodging Ordinance 661 allows per…

Saint Paul STR hosts need $300,000 aggregate liability insurance via ACORD certificate. Hosts using only Airbnb, VRBO…

Blue Earth County will not approve a short-term rental interim use permit without proof of liability insurance, listed…

Minneapolis requires short-term rental hosts to carry liability insurance of at least $300,000, or book exclusively…

Ramsey County sets no STR insurance rule, but St. Paul does: hosts must carry liability insurance of at least $300,000…

Every short-term rental permit holder in unincorporated St. Louis County must carry general liability insurance…

In the City of Duluth, an accessory vacation dwelling unit, limited, may only be rented for a combined total of 21…

Duluth requires a permanent resident to generally be present whenever an accessory home share is occupied by guests…

Blue Earth County does not require the host to live onsite, but Sec. 24-337(e) forces every short-term rental to have a…

Homestead short-term rentals in Minneapolis need only a registration, not a full rental license, when the owner lives…

Ramsey County sets no host-presence requirement. St. Paul does not require the host to stay on-site, but every rental…

Saint Paul doesn't require a host to be on-site, but Sec. 379.01 and Sec. 379.07(b) require a 'responsible party' to be…

Duluth's accessory home share permit is limited to property owners who live in the owner-occupied, homesteaded home…

Minneapolis splits short-term rentals into two tracks: a lighter registration for owner-occupied (homestead) units and…

Ramsey County imposes no primary-residence requirement. St. Paul does not limit STRs to a host's primary residence: it…

Saint Paul zoning caps short-term rentals at one unit per lot in RL-H1 districts unless the building is an…

Eagan's rental dwelling license law exempts a home shared for 30 to 120 consecutive days while the owner still occupies…

In unincorporated Blue Earth County, short-term rental complaints go first to the property's designated rental manager…

In the City of Lakeville, Minnesota, short-term rental permits follow a three-strike suspension and revocation ladder…

A Minneapolis short-term rental hosting platform that gets its license revoked or denied for violating Chapter 351…

In the City of Plymouth, a second disorderly-use incident at a short-term rental within 365 days of an earlier notice…

Stearns County gives a Vacation/Short Term Rental owner one written warning per permit cycle when the Department…

Minneapolis requires Airbnb, Vrbo and similar booking platforms to hold a hosting platform license and to pull…

Saint Paul requires every short-term rental platform to hold a platform license, report listing and rental-night data…