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Phoenix moved from registration to a permitting regime effective 6 November 2023, requiring a 250 USD annual short-term rental permit and display of the permit number in advertisements. Arizona state law limits primary-residence and zoning restrictions, and guests pay stacked state, county and city transaction privilege taxes.

Scottsdale requires an annual short-term rental licence under Ordinance 4566 and an Arizona Transaction Privilege Tax licence, with insurance requirements. Arizona state law limits municipal primary-residence and zoning restrictions, and guests pay stacked state, county and city transaction privilege and transient lodging taxes.

Under the Home-Sharing Ordinance, Los Angeles restricts short-term rentals to a host's primary residence and requires annual registration, with a default cap of 120 nights per year unless extended home-sharing approval is obtained. Guests pay the city transient occupancy tax.

Palm Springs regulates vacation rentals through a registration certificate and limits the number of rental contracts per year rather than nights, at 32 for existing permittees and 26 for those permitted after October 2022. Guests pay the city transient occupancy tax plus a tourism improvement district assessment.

San Diego operates a four-tier Short-Term Residential Occupancy (STRO) licence system, with whole-home non-primary licences capped at roughly 1 percent of housing stock. Guests pay a city transient occupancy tax, higher in tourism marketing district zones.

San Francisco requires hosts to be permanent residents living in the unit at least 275 nights per year, registering with the Office of Short-Term Rentals, and caps un-hosted rentals at 90 nights per year. Guests pay the city transient occupancy tax.

Denver only permits short-term rentals in a host's primary residence, requiring an STR licence, a lodger's tax ID and documented proof of primary residence. Guests pay the city lodger's tax plus the state sales tax on lodging.

The City of Miami permits short-term rentals only in certain transect zones, with low-density T3 areas largely prohibited, and requires a Florida state licence, a Miami-Dade County Certificate of Use and a city Business Tax Receipt. Guests pay state sales tax and Miami-Dade tourist taxes.

Miami Beach permits short-term rentals only in certain zoning districts and requires a Business Tax Receipt, Resort Tax registration and a county Certificate of Use, with the certificate numbers displayed in every listing. Fines for operating without a Business Tax Receipt start at 20,000 USD.

Atlanta requires a short-term rental licence that covers a host's primary residence plus one additional dwelling unit. Guests pay the city hotel/motel tax of 8 percent on top of state and local sales tax and a per-night state hotel fee.

Savannah requires a Short-Term Vacation Rental certificate obtained through the Rentalscape online portal, with the certificate number displayed in listings and a 20 percent per-ward cap on non-owner-occupied rentals in the historic districts. Guests pay the city hotel/motel excise tax on top of state and local sales tax.

Honolulu (City and County, Oahu) tightly restricts rentals of under 90 days in residential neighbourhoods, and the shift toward a 90-day minimum has been the subject of litigation and injunctions. Registration is required for short-term rentals, and guests pay the state and county transient accommodations taxes plus general excise tax.

Chicago requires every shared housing unit to hold an approved registration number, with a Shared Housing Unit Operator License needed for hosts with more than one registration. STR guests pay several stacked city surcharges on top of county and state taxes, producing a high composite rate.

New Orleans permits residential short-term rentals through a restrictive scheme that allows only one permit per city square, allocated by lottery. The city layers several occupancy taxes and per-night fees on top of state and parish sales tax.

Short-term rentals across the Las Vegas Valley are largely governed at the county level: unincorporated Clark County adopted a licensing ordinance in 2022, though a Nevada court halted its licensing and penalty provisions pending appeal in early 2026. Guests pay the county transient lodging tax.

Under Local Law 18, New York City requires hosts to register with the Office of Special Enforcement and prohibits booking platforms from processing reservations for unregistered listings. In practice only hosted stays with the host present and no more than two guests are permitted.

Portland permits accessory short-term rentals only where a resident lives on site at least 270 days per year, using Type A permits for one to two bedrooms and Type B conditional uses for three to five. Guests pay city and county transient lodging taxes plus the state tax.

Charleston permits short-term rentals through category-based rules tied to a Short-Term Rental Overlay and historic districts, generally requiring the unit to be the owner's primary residence plus a permit and business licence. Guests pay a combined accommodations tax of around 12 percent.

Nashville (Metro Davidson County) issues owner-occupied and not-owner-occupied STR permits, with new not-owner-occupied permits restricted to certain commercial, mixed-use and downtown zones. Hosts remit a local occupancy tax plus a flat per-night fee on top of state and local sales tax.

Austin licenses short-term rentals annually through Development Services and requires the licence number in every listing. Hosts collect the Texas state hotel occupancy tax plus the city hotel occupancy tax, and platforms are required to collect and remit.

Dallas requires short-term rental operators to register for hotel occupancy tax collection through the city Controller's Office via MUNIRevs. A separate 2023 ordinance banning STRs in single-family residential zones has been enjoined by the courts. Guests pay the state and city hotel occupancy taxes.

Seattle requires a short-term rental operator's licence and a business licence tax certificate, allowing an operator to run up to two units, one of which must be their primary residence. Guests pay per-night STR taxes plus combined sales and lodging tax.