Short-Term Rental Regulations by City
Regulations for 221 cities across the United States, sorted alphabetically.
| City | State | Permit | Tax Rate | Day Limit | Primary Res. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Albuquerque | NM | ✓ Required | ~13.625% | No limit | No | → |
| Alexandria | VA | ✓ Required | 9.5% + $1.25 per room per night (combined City + State transient lodging tax) | No limit | No | → |
| Amelia Island | FL | ✓ Required | 12% | No limit | No | → |
| Anaheim | CA | ✓ Required | 15% Transient Occupancy Tax (TOT) | No limit | No | → |
| Anchorage | AK | ✓ Required | 12% | No limit | No | → |
| Anna Maria Island | FL | ✓ Required | 13% | No limit | No | → |
| Arlington | TX | ✓ Required | 15% | No limit | No | → |
| Asheville | NC | ✓ Required | 13.75% | No limit | Varies | → |
| Aspen | CO | ✓ Required | 17.35% | 120 days–unlimited (varies by permit type) | Varies | → |
| Athens | GA | ✓ Required | 7% | No limit | Varies | → |
| Atlanta | GA | ✓ Required | 12% | No limit | Required | → |
| Atlantic City | NJ | ✓ Required | 13.625% combined percentage-based tax (3.625% NJ Sales Tax + 9% Atlantic City Luxury Tax + 1% State Occupancy Fee) for stays under 90 days, plus a separate flat $1-per-night Atlantic City Promotion Fee | No limit | No | → |
| Austin | TX | ✓ Required | 15% | No limit | No | → |
| Baltimore | MD | ✓ Required | 15.5% | No limit | Required | → |
| Banner Elk | NC | ✓ Required | 12.75% | No limit | No | → |
| Bar Harbor | ME | ✓ Required | 9% | No limit | Varies | → |
| Barnstable | MA | ✓ Required | 14.45% | No limit | No | → |
| Bend | OR | ✓ Required | 11.9% | No limit | Varies | → |
| Big Bear Lake | CA | ✓ Required | 13% | No limit | No | → |
| Big Sky | MT | ✓ Required | 12% | No limit | No | → |
| Biloxi | MS | ✓ Required | 12% | No limit | No | → |
| Bloomington | IN | ✓ Required | 12% (7% Indiana state sales tax + 5% Monroe County innkeeper's tax) | No limit | No | → |
| Blowing Rock | NC | ✓ Required | 12.75% | No limit | No | → |
| Blue Ridge | GA | ✓ Required | 15% + $5/night | No limit | No | → |
| Boise | ID | Not required | 13% | No limit | No | → |
| Boone | NC | ✓ Required | 12.75% | No limit | Required | → |
| Boston | MA | ✓ Required | 14.95% | No limit | Required | → |
| Boulder | CO | ✓ Required | 12.835% | No limit | Required | → |
| Bozeman | MT | ✓ Required | 8% | No limit | Required | → |
| Branson | MO | ✓ Required | 12.975% | No limit | No | → |
| Breckenridge | CO | ✓ Required | 12.275% | No limit | No | → |
| Broken Bow | OK | ✓ Required | 13.25% | No limit | No | → |
| Burlington | VT | ✓ Required | 21% | No limit | Required | → |
| Cambridge | MA | ✓ Required | 14.45% (state 5.7% + Cambridge local 6.00% + convention center 2.75%); up to 17.45% if the Short-Term Rental Community Impact Fee (up to 3%) applies | No limit | Required | → |
| Camden | ME | ✓ Required | 9% | No limit | Varies | → |
| Cannon Beach | OR | ✓ Required | 14% | No limit | No | → |
| Cape Coral | FL | ✓ Required | 11% | No limit | No | → |
| Cape May | NJ | ✓ Required | 14.625% | No limit | No | → |
| Carmel By The Sea | CA | ✓ Required | 10% | No limit | No | → |
| Charleston | SC | ✓ Required | 14.0% | No limit | No | → |
| Charlotte | NC | Not required | 16.25% | No limit | No | → |
| Charlottesville | VA | ✓ Required | 14.3% (9% city Transient Occupancy Tax + 5.3% Virginia Retail Sales & Use Tax) | No limit | Required | → |
| Chattanooga | TN | ✓ Required | 17.25% | No limit | Varies | → |
| Chicago | IL | ✓ Required | 10.5% | No limit | No | → |
| Chincoteague | VA | ✓ Required | 10.3% | No limit | No | → |
| Cincinnati | OH | ✓ Required | 7% | No limit | No | → |
| Clearwater | FL | ✓ Required | 13% | Tourist/Commercial zones only — banned in residential | No | → |
| Coeur d’Alene | ID | ✓ Required | 8% (6% Idaho state sales tax + 2% Idaho travel and convention tax; Coeur d'Alene/Kootenai County is not within any Idaho auditorium district and has no local-option lodging tax) | No limit | No | → |
| Colorado Springs | CO | ✓ Required | 10.20% | No limit | Varies | → |
| Columbus | OH | ✓ Required | 13.1% | No limit | Varies | → |
| Coronado | CA | Not required | 10% | No limit | No | → |
| Corpus Christi | TX | ✓ Required | 15% | No limit | No | → |
| Crested Butte | CO | ✓ Required | 7.9% | 90 days–unlimited (varies by permit type) | Varies | → |
| Dallas | TX | Not required | 15% | No limit | No | → |
| Deadwood | SD | ✓ Required | 8.7% + $2/night | No limit | No | → |
| Deep Creek Lake | MD | ✓ Required | 14% combined (8% Garrett County Accommodation/Hotel Rental Tax + 6% Maryland state sales and use tax) | No limit | No | → |
| Denver | CO | ✓ Required | 13.65% | No limit | Required | → |
| Destin | FL | ✓ Required | 12% | No limit | No | → |
| Door County | WI | ✓ Required | 13.5%-14.0% | No limit | No | → |
| Durango | CO | ✓ Required | 14.65% | No limit | No | → |
| Estes Park | CO | ✓ Required | 14.2% | No limit | No | → |
| Eureka Springs | AR | ✓ Required | 14.375% | No limit | No | → |
| Fayetteville | AR | ✓ Required | 13.75% | No limit | Varies | → |
| Flagstaff | AZ | ✓ Required | ~11.76% | No limit | No | → |
| Folly Beach | SC | ✓ Required | 13% | 72 days–unlimited (varies by permit type) | Varies | → |
| Fort Lauderdale | FL | ✓ Required | 12% | No limit | No | → |
| Fort Myers Beach | FL | ✓ Required | 11.5% | No limit | No | → |
| Fort Worth | TX | ✓ Required | 17% | No limit | No | → |
| Fredericksburg | TX | ✓ Required | 13% | No limit | No | → |
| Galena | IL | ✓ Required | 11% | No limit | No | → |
| Galveston | TX | ✓ Required | 15% | No limit | No | → |
| Gatlinburg | TN | ✓ Required | 12.75% | No limit | No | → |
| Greenville | SC | ✓ Required | 10% | No limit | No | → |
| Gulf Shores | AL | ✓ Required | 16% | No limit | No | → |
| Helen | GA | ✓ Required | 16% + $5/night | No limit | No | → |
| Hilton Head | SC | ✓ Required | ~10% | No limit | No | → |
| Hocking Hills | OH | Not required | 13.25% | No limit | No | → |
| Honolulu | HI | ✓ Required | 17.75% | No limit | Varies | → |
| Hot Springs | AR | ✓ Required | 14.5% | No limit | No | → |
| Houston | TX | ✓ Required | 13% | No limit | No | → |
| Indianapolis | IN | ✓ Required | 17% | No limit | No | → |
| Inglewood | CA | ✓ Required | 15.5% | 90 days | Required | → |
| Irvine | CA | Not required | 10% | No limit | No | → |
| Isle of Palms | SC | ✓ Required | 14% | No limit | No | → |
| Jackson Hole | WY | ✓ Required | 12% | Up to 60 nights/year in Town of Jackson residential zones; unrestricted in resort/overlay zones and unincorporated Teton County | No | → |
| Jacksonville | FL | ✓ Required | 13.5% | No limit | No | → |
| Jersey City | NJ | ✓ Required | 13.625% | No limit | Required | → |
| Joshua Tree | CA | ✓ Required | 7% | No limit | No | → |
| Kailua-Kona | HI | ✓ Required | 18.712% | No limit | No | → |
| Kanab | UT | ✓ Required | 15.02% | No limit | No | → |
| Kansas City | MO | ✓ Required | ~17.5% | No limit | Varies | → |
| Kauai | HI | ✓ Required | 18.712% | No limit | Varies | → |
| Kennebunkport | ME | ✓ Required | 9% | No limit | No | → |
| Key West | FL | ✓ Required | 11% | No limit | No | → |
| Kimberling City | MO | ✓ Required | 9.975% | No limit | No | → |
| Kissimmee | FL | ✓ Required | 12% | No limit | No | → |
| Knoxville | TN | ✓ Required | 13.25% | No limit | Varies | → |
| Laconia | NH | ✓ Required | 8.5% | No limit | No | → |
| Lake Arrowhead | CA | ✓ Required | 7% | No limit | No | → |
| Lake Chelan | WA | ✓ Required | 11.70% | No limit | No | → |
| Lake Geneva | WI | ✓ Required | 13.5% | 180 days | No | → |
| Lake George | NY | ✓ Required | 11% | No limit | No | → |
| Lake Havasu City | AZ | ✓ Required | 10.5% | No limit | No | → |
| Lake Placid | NY | ✓ Required | 13% | 90 days | No | → |
| Lake Tahoe (El Dorado County) | CA | ✓ Required | 14% | No limit | No | → |
| Las Vegas | NV | ✓ Required | 13.00%-13.38% | No limit | Required | → |
| Leavenworth | WA | ✓ Required | 11.60% | No limit | Varies | → |
| Lewes | DE | ✓ Required | 10% combined (4.5% state short-term rental lodging tax + 5.5% City of Lewes Gross Receipts Rental Tax) | No limit | No | → |
| Lexington | KY | ✓ Required | 15.5% | No limit | Varies | → |
| Los Angeles | CA | ✓ Required | 14% | No limit | Required | → |
| Louisville | KY | ✓ Required | 15.5% + business license fee | No limit | Varies | → |
| Mackinac Island | MI | ✓ Required | 6% | No limit | No | → |
| Madison | WI | ✓ Required | 15% | 30 days–unlimited (varies by permit type) | Required | → |
| Malibu | CA | ✓ Required | 15% | No limit | No | → |
| Mammoth Lakes | CA | ✓ Required | 15% | No limit | No | → |
| Marco Island | FL | Not required | 11% | No limit | No | → |
| Maui | HI | ✓ Required | 17%-18% | No limit | Varies | → |
| Memphis | TN | ✓ Required | ~15.5% + $2/night | No limit | No | → |
| Miami | FL | ✓ Required | 12% | No limit | No | → |
| Miami Beach | FL | ✓ Required | 10% (6% Florida state sales tax + 4% City of Miami Beach Resort Tax) | No limit | No | → |
| Minneapolis | MN | ✓ Required | 12.025% | No limit | No | → |
| Miramar Beach | FL | ✓ Required | 12% | No limit | No | → |
| Moab | UT | ✓ Required | 14.82% | No limit | No | → |
| Monterey | CA | Not required | 12% | No limit | No | → |
| Morgantown | WV | ✓ Required | 13% | No limit | No | → |
| Myrtle Beach | SC | ✓ Required | 10% | No limit | No | → |
| Nantucket | MA | ✓ Required | 11.7% (14.7% for professionally-managed short-term rentals subject to the 3% community impact fee) | No limit | No | → |
| Napa | CA | ✓ Required | 15% | No limit | Varies | → |
| Naples | FL | Not required | 11% | No limit | No | → |
| Nashville | TN | ✓ Required | 15.25% | No limit | Varies | → |
| New Braunfels | TX | ✓ Required | 13% combined (6% state + 7% city) | No limit | No | → |
| New Orleans | LA | ✓ Required | 16.75% | Varies by zoning district — check your property's zoning designation in the CZO | Varies | → |
| New York City | NY | ✓ Required | 8.5% plus $1.50/unit/day plus applicable local bed taxes | No limit | Required | → |
| Newport | RI | ✓ Required | 14% | No limit | Varies | → |
| Newport Beach | CA | ✓ Required | 11% | No limit | No | → |
| North Conway | NH | ✓ Required | 8.5% | No limit | No | → |
| Oak Bluffs | MA | Not required | 11.7% | No limit | No | → |
| Ocean City | MD | ✓ Required | 12% | No limit | No | → |
| Ocean City | NJ | ✓ Required | 11.625% on marketplace-booked short-term rentals (6.625% NJ Sales Tax + 5% NJ State Occupancy Fee); Ocean City's local 3% Municipal Occupancy Tax (effective 11/1/2025) currently applies to hotel/motel occupancies only and has not been extended to marketplace-booked transient accommodations | No limit | No | → |
| Oceanside | CA | ✓ Required | 11.5% | No limit | No | → |
| Oklahoma City | OK | ✓ Required | 17.875% | No limit | Varies | → |
| Orange Beach | AL | ✓ Required | 16% | No limit | No | → |
| Orlando | FL | ✓ Required | 12% | No limit | Required | → |
| Osage Beach | MO | Not required | 16.95% | No limit | No | → |
| Outer Banks | NC | ✓ Required | 12.75% | No limit | No | → |
| Oxford | MS | ✓ Required | 9% (7% Mississippi state sales tax + 2% Oxford Tourism and Economic Development Tax) | No limit | No | → |
| Page | AZ | ✓ Required | 16.9% | No limit | No | → |
| Palm Springs | CA | ✓ Required | 12.5% | 6–26 days (varies by permit type) | Varies | → |
| Panama City Beach | FL | ✓ Required | 11% | No limit | No | → |
| Park City | UT | ✓ Required | 4.85%+ (varies by location) | No limit | No | → |
| Pensacola Beach | FL | ✓ Required | 12.5% (6% FL state sales tax + 1.5% Escambia County discretionary sales surtax + 5% Escambia County Tourist Development Tax) | No limit | No | → |
| Philadelphia | PA | ✓ Required | 14.5% | No limit | Varies | → |
| Phoenix | AZ | ✓ Required | 12.57% | No limit | No | → |
| Pigeon Forge | TN | ✓ Required | 12.25% | No limit | No | → |
| Pismo Beach | CA | ✓ Required | 14.5% | 182 days–unlimited (varies by permit type) | Varies | → |
| Pittsburgh | PA | ✓ Required | 14% | No maximum number of rental days per year under current City of Pittsburgh law. Chapter 781 governs registration, inspection, and permitting of rental units (including short-term homestays) but does not cap annual rental-day usage. Separate STR-specific legislation that could add usage restrictions has been introduced in City Council but was not enacted as of July 2026. | No | → |
| Pocono Township | PA | ✓ Required | 9% | No limit | No | → |
| Port Aransas | TX | ✓ Required | 13% | No limit | No | → |
| Portland | ME | ✓ Required | 9% | No limit | Varies | → |
| Portland | OR | ✓ Required | 15% | No limit on total rental nights; max 95 days per year when resident absent | Required | → |
| Prescott | AZ | ✓ Required | 12.275% | No limit | No | → |
| Providence | RI | ✓ Required | 14% | No limit | Required | → |
| Provincetown | MA | ✓ Required | 14.45% | No limit | No | → |
| Rapid City | SD | ✓ Required | 8.7% | No limit | No | → |
| Rehoboth Beach | DE | ✓ Required | 11.5% | No limit | No | → |
| Richmond | VA | ✓ Required | 14% | No limit | Required | → |
| Sacramento | CA | ✓ Required | 13% | 90 days–unlimited (varies by permit type) | Varies | → |
| Salt Lake City | UT | ✓ Required | 14.52% | No limit | No | → |
| San Antonio | TX | ✓ Required | 16.75% | No limit | Varies | → |
| San Diego | CA | ✓ Required | 11.75%–13.75% (zone-based) | 20 days–unlimited (varies by permit type) | Varies | → |
| San Francisco | CA | ✓ Required | 16.00%–16.25% | No limit | Required | → |
| San Jose | CA | Not required | 6% | 180 days | No | → |
| Sanibel | FL | ✓ Required | 11.5% | No limit | No | → |
| Santa Barbara | CA | ✓ Required | 14% | No limit | No | → |
| Santa Cruz | CA | ✓ Required | 14% | No limit | Varies | → |
| Santa Fe | NM | ✓ Required | ~15% | No limit | No | → |
| Santa Monica | CA | ✓ Required | 17% | No limit | Required | → |
| Santa Rosa Beach | FL | ✓ Required | 12.0% | No limit | No | → |
| Sarasota | FL | ✓ Required | 13% | No limit | No | → |
| Saratoga Springs | NY | ✓ Required | 15% | 150 days | Varies | → |
| Saugatuck | MI | ✓ Required | 6% | No limit | No | → |
| Savannah | GA | ✓ Required | 15% | No limit | Varies | → |
| Scottsdale | AZ | ✓ Required | 12.25% | No limit | No | → |
| Seattle | WA | ✓ Required | 15.7% + $2.00/night + 0.471% B&O | No limit | No | → |
| Sedona | AZ | ✓ Required | 13.325%-13.9% | No limit | No | → |
| Sevierville | TN | ✓ Required | 12.75% | No limit | No | → |
| Sonoma | CA | ✓ Required | 15% | No limit | No | → |
| South Haven | MI | ✓ Required | 6% | 28 days–unlimited (varies by permit type) | No | → |
| South Lake Tahoe | CA | ✓ Required | 12% | No limit | Varies | → |
| South Padre Island | TX | ✓ Required | 17% | No limit | No | → |
| Southampton | NY | ✓ Required | 14.25% | No limit | No | → |
| Spokane | WA | ✓ Required | 9.10% combined sales tax | No limit | No | → |
| Springdale | UT | ✓ Required | 14.37% | No limit | Required | → |
| St Augustine | FL | ✓ Required | 11% | No limit | No | → |
| St George | UT | ✓ Required | 12.25% | No limit | No | → |
| St Petersburg | FL | Not required | 13% | 3 days | No | → |
| Stamford | CT | Not required | 15% | No limit | No | → |
| State College | PA | ✓ Required | 11% | 120 days | Required | → |
| Steamboat Springs | CO | ✓ Required | 18.4% | No limit | No | → |
| Stowe | VT | ✓ Required | 13% | No limit | No | → |
| Sun Valley | ID | ✓ Required | 12% (6% Idaho state sales tax + 2% Idaho travel & convention tax + 4% Sun Valley Local Option Tax occupancy sales rate on short-term rentals) | No limit | No | → |
| Surfside Beach | SC | ✓ Required | 10% | No limit | No | → |
| Tampa | FL | ✓ Required | 12% | No limit | No | → |
| Taos | NM | ✓ Required | ~14.175% | No limit | No | → |
| Telluride | CO | ✓ Required | 17.22% | 29 days–unlimited (varies by permit type) | No | → |
| Traverse City | MI | ✓ Required | 6% | No limit | No | → |
| Truckee | CA | ✓ Required | 14% | No limit | No | → |
| Tucson | AZ | ✓ Required | 16.05% | No limit | No | → |
| Tulsa | OK | ✓ Required | 13.517% | No limit | No | → |
| Tybee Island | GA | ✓ Required | 14% + $5/night | No limit | No | → |
| Vail | CO | ✓ Required | 10.8% | No limit | No | → |
| Virginia Beach | VA | ✓ Required | 15% + $2/night | No limit | No | → |
| Waco | TX | ✓ Required | 15% | No limit | No | → |
| Wasatch County | UT | ✓ Required | 12.82% | No limit | No | → |
| Washington | DC | ✓ Required | 20.4% | 90 days–unlimited (varies by permit type) | Required | → |
| Whitefish | MT | ✓ Required | 11% | No limit | No | → |
| Wildwood Crest | NJ | ✓ Required | 15.475% | No limit | No | → |
| Williamsburg | VA | ✓ Required | 14% + $2/night | 104 days | Required | → |
| Wilmington | NC | Not required | 13% | No limit | No | → |
| Winter Park | CO | ✓ Required | 13.2% | No limit | No | → |
| Wisconsin Dells | WI | ✓ Required | 12.25% | 180 days–unlimited (varies by permit type) | Varies | → |