Florida Airbnb & Short-Term Rental Laws 2026
LawfulStay tracks short-term rental (STR / Airbnb / Vrbo / holiday let / vacation rental) regulations for 98 jurisdictions across Florida. Select a city below for current permit requirements, tax rates, and compliance details.
Florida at a glance
- Places tracked
- 98 places: 53 active, 2 conditional, 41 restricted, 2 banned
- License or registration
- Required in 82 of 97 local places
- Tax on stays
- Applies in 95 of 97 local places
- State law
- Florida licenses vacation rentals at the state level. Statewide rules ›
Florida short-term rental questions
Are short-term rentals legal in Florida?
In 96 of the 98 places we track in Florida, short-term rentals are allowed, 43 of them with permit conditions or limits. They are banned in Coral Gables, Palm Beach.
Do I need a license for a short-term rental in Florida?
82 of 97 local places we track in Florida require a license, permit or registration. Check your city's page for its rules.
Is there a statewide short-term rental law in Florida?
Florida licenses vacation rentals at the state level.
Which places in Florida have the strictest rules?
On our records: Coral Gables, Palm Beach, Miami Beach, St. Augustine, Orlando, Miami.
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State Access →Florida Airbnb & Vacation Rental Regulation Overview
The short-term rental regulatory landscape in Florida encompasses 98 tracked jurisdictions: 53 with active regulations, 2 where rentals are allowed with conditions, 41 with restrictions, 2 where STRs are banned. Hosts operating on platforms like Airbnb, VRBO, and Booking.com should verify local requirements before listing, as rules vary significantly between cities and regions.
83 of 98 tracked jurisdictions in Florida require some form of permit, license, or registration for short-term rental operations. Requirements range from simple online registration to comprehensive permit applications with inspections.
Tax obligations apply in 96 of 98 jurisdictions. Common taxes include occupancy taxes, tourist levies, and sales taxes. Many jurisdictions require hosts to register for tax collection, and some platforms like Airbnb collect and remit taxes automatically in select locations.
Notable jurisdictions where short-term rentals are currently banned or heavily restricted include Coral Gables, Palm Beach. Hosts should check these listings for details on specific prohibitions and any exceptions that may apply.
LawfulStay monitors Florida STR regulations daily and updates this page as rules change. Each city page includes detailed permit requirements, fee schedules, tax rates, zoning rules, and penalty information sourced from official government websites.
Coral Gables
Coral Gables does not allow rentals of less than six months in single-family or multifamily residential zones; the only exception it names is a designated historic bed-and-breakfast
Palm Beach
Short-term rentals such as Airbnb and Vrbo are not allowed in the Town of Palm Beach's residential districts
Boca Raton
Boca Raton has no vacation rental permit
Brevard County (unincorporated)
In most single-family neighborhoods of unincorporated Brevard County (including Merritt Island and the beachside), renting a house for less than 90 days is not allowed
Cape Canaveral
Cape Canaveral allows vacation rentals but keeps a seven-consecutive-day minimum stay on residential property that dates from the late 1980s and is grandfathered from Florida's 2011 preemption
Clearwater
STRs under 31 days banned in residential zones; only permitted in Tourist/commercial zones
Daytona Beach
STRs are strictly zone-dependent: the vast majority of residential neighborhoods are ineligible
Delray Beach
Delray Beach allows vacation rentals but limits turnovers to six a year in Single Family and Planned Residential Development zones under a 2009 rule that state law grandfathers
Fernandina Beach
Short stays (30 days or fewer) are allowed only in R-3 zoning or at R-1/R-2 resort rentals that existed before October 3, 2000, and each needs a city Resort Rental Dwelling Permit
Fort Myers Beach
Fort Myers Beach requires annual town registration ($400 per unit for 2027), an annual fire district inspection and a DBPR license
Haines City
Haines City requires short-term rental operators to obtain a state vacation rental license from Florida's DBPR under Statute 509.242
Holmes Beach
Holmes Beach is one of the most regulated STR jurisdictions on Anna Maria Island
Islamorada
Islamorada licenses vacation rentals under rules adopted before June 1, 2011, so Florida's preemption does not stop it from capping them at 331 units, banning new units in Residential Medium areas and setting a 7-day…
Key Biscayne
Key Biscayne allows vacation rentals, but each stay must last at least 15 continuous days, or longer if your condominium documents say so
Key West
Key West issues no new residential transient licenses, so rentals of less than 28 days are legal only at a property that already holds a city transient license and medallion
Kissimmee
Allowed only in the City's Short-Term Rental Overlay or a rental PUD, with conditional use approval, a fire inspection and city, county and state licenses
Lake Worth Beach
STRs of fewer than 60 days are banned under existing zoning ordinance
Longboat Key
Longboat Key requires stays of at least 30 days or a full calendar month in residential zones, under a 1982 rule state law still protects; shorter stays are allowed only in tourism zones or grandfathered tourism…
Madeira Beach
Madeira Beach bans short stays in its residential zones: rentals under six months in R-1 and under three months in R-2, unless grandfathered from before 2006
Marathon
Marathon requires an annual city vacation rental license, issued after a city fire inspection, for every unit rented for 7 to 28 nights, and prohibits renting any home for fewer than 7 nights
Miami
Three layers of jurisdiction (State, Miami-Dade County, City of Miami)
Miami Beach
Banned in all single-family homes and many apartment buildings
Monroe County (unincorporated)
Unincorporated Monroe County (Key Largo, Tavernier, Big Pine Key, the Lower Keys, Stock Island and the other Keys outside the five cities) allows stays of less than 28 days only in certain zoning districts and only with…
Naples
The 30-day rule, with 3 short stays a year, still stands as of October 2026
New Smyrna Beach
New Smyrna Beach allows rentals under 30 days only in certain zoning districts, mostly on the beachside east of the Intracoastal Waterway
Okaloosa County (unincorporated)
The county has no short-term rental registration, fee or occupancy rule; a 2020 draft ordinance was tabled and no adoption was found
Orange County (unincorporated)
Most unincorporated neighborhoods cannot legally host whole-home stays under 30 days
Orlando
Whole-home rentals under 30 days are not allowed in Orlando's residential zones
Osceola County (unincorporated)
Whole-home rentals are legal only in areas zoned for them
Polk County (unincorporated)
In the Davenport and Four Corners resort area of unincorporated Polk County, short-term rentals are legal only in approved resort subdivisions, Planned Developments or phases; buying a home outside them does not give…
Sanibel
Sanibel requires a City dwelling rental license and limits rentals to four consecutive weeks or longer except where resort housing is permitted
Sarasota
Sarasota requires a city vacation rental certificate of registration, with an inspection and a 24/7 responsible party, for vacation rentals in the city
Sarasota County (unincorporated)
Unincorporated Sarasota County bans rentals of 30 days or less everywhere except RMF-zoned parcels on the barrier islands, under a pre-2011 zoning rule state law still protects
St. Augustine
Annual city registration and fire inspection required
St. Pete Beach
Do not confuse St. Pete Beach (its own municipality) with City of St. Petersburg (separate jurisdiction with different rules)
St. Petersburg
In St. Petersburg city limits, a residential property may be rented for stays of less than 30 days no more than three times in any consecutive 365-day period
Tampa
In residential districts Tampa allows rentals only on a weekly or longer basis, so shorter stays need zoning that allows hotels or other lodging
Treasure Island
Treasure Island uses a 'Tourist Dwelling' classification tied to zoning district and changes of occupancy rather than a flat-cap STR permit system
Venice
In Venice's single-family neighborhoods (RE and RSF zoning), new rentals shorter than 30 days or one calendar month have been banned since 2009; only rentals that already operated before then may continue
Vero Beach
Vero Beach treats any rental of under 30 days as transient lodging, which the city's code allows only in a few business districts and the Ocean Drive/Cardinal Drive overlay; residential neighborhoods are not among them
Volusia County (unincorporated)
Nightly and weekly rentals of houses in single-family zoning are not allowed in unincorporated Volusia County; the minimum is 30 days
Walton County
Covers unincorporated Walton County: 30A, Santa Rosa Beach, Miramar Beach, Inlet Beach, Seaside and Rosemary Beach
West Palm Beach
West Palm Beach treats short-term and long-term rentals alike for licensing: a city rental tax receipt and Certificate of Use after zoning review and inspection, plus the DBPR license and county tax registration
Bonita Springs
Bonita Springs requires a $100, three-year City rental permit with inspection for non-owner-occupied rentals, including short-term rentals
Jacksonville
Jacksonville (consolidated city-county) has no city short-term rental license; hosts need a state DBPR vacation rental license and must collect the 6% Duval County Convention/Tourist Development Tax
Anna Maria
A highly active barrier island STR market
Bay County (unincorporated)
Covers detached houses, 2 to 4 unit buildings, RVs and mobile homes
Boynton Beach
Boynton Beach requires a yearly city short-term rental approval (Certificate of Use and Business Tax Receipt) with an inspection, costing $525 the first year and $325 to renew, plus the state DBPR license and county tax…
Bradenton
Allowed. The only duty is a notice or registration that nobody has to approve.
Bradenton Beach
Bradenton Beach requires a city TPLE license for short-term rentals, in addition to the state DBPR license and a city rental Business Tax Receipt
Broward County (unincorporated)
Unincorporated Broward County has no county vacation rental permit
Cape Coral
Cape Coral requires a $350 yearly registration for each short-term rental from January 2026 and a 6-night minimum stay
Charlotte County (unincorporated)
Vacation rentals in Port Charlotte and the rest of unincorporated Charlotte County need no county permit, only a $35 county business tax receipt per location, a county tourist tax account, a DBPR license and state sales…
Citrus County (Unincorporated)
Unincorporated Citrus County has no short-term rental ordinance in force
Cocoa Beach
Cocoa Beach requires every vacation rental to hold a city business tax receipt and a yearly registration with fire and building inspections, priced per allowed guest
Collier County (unincorporated)
Unincorporated Collier County requires county registration ($50), a state license and a 24/7 contact
Coral Springs
Coral Springs requires a yearly city registration, inspection and certificate of compliance for every vacation rental, on top of the state DBPR license and tax accounts
Davenport
Inside Davenport city limits, short-term rentals are allowed in every residential zone as long as they follow Florida law; there is no city short-term rental permit, minimum stay or night cap that we found
Davie
Davie requires a yearly town registration and certificate of compliance for each vacation rental, issued after a town inspection, plus vacation rental insurance, a responsible party and state and county tax registration
Deerfield Beach
Deerfield Beach requires a yearly city vacation rental registration ($100) with a city business tax receipt, casualty insurance, a responsible party who can reach the home within two hours and posted house rules
Destin
This record covers the City of Destin only
Flagler County (unincorporated)
Flagler County allows short-term vacation rentals in all residential zones but, east of U.S. Highway 1, each single-family or duplex unit needs an annual county certificate ($400 first year, $200 renewal) issued after…
Fort Lauderdale
Three-tier compliance: State (DBPR), County (Broward BTR + TDT), City (registration + inspection)
Fort Myers
No City short-term rental registration found; state DBPR license and Lee County 5% tourist tax apply
Gainesville
Short-term rentals are allowed in Gainesville with no city permit or registration; the city's rental permit program never covered stays under 30 days and is being repealed
Gulf Breeze
Gulf Breeze requires an annual city registration certificate with a fire and life-safety inspection
Hallandale Beach
Hallandale Beach requires vacation rental property owners to obtain a license from the Business Tax & Regulations Division
Hernando County
Proposed county STR ordinance stalled on a 2-2 tie on July 28, 2026; no county registration scheme adopted
Hialeah
Hialeah has no vacation rental permit of its own, and Miami-Dade's vacation rental certificate, residency and occupancy rules do not apply inside the city
Hillsborough County
From January 1, 2027 each short-term vacation rental under Hillsborough County's new ordinance must be registered with the county, for $200 a unit a year
Hollywood
Hollywood requires a yearly city Vacation Rental License with a city inspection, a noise monitoring device, liability insurance and the city and DBPR license numbers in every ad
Indian Rocks Beach
Indian Rocks Beach implemented one of Florida's more comprehensive STR ordinances in 2023 following years of community debate
Jacksonville Beach
Jacksonville Beach requires an annual Short-Term Vacation Rental Certificate, fire inspection and a 12-person occupancy cap
Lakeland
Short-term rentals are allowed in Lakeland with no city short-term rental permit
Largo
Largo allows short-term rentals in every residential area
Manatee County (unincorporated)
No county short-term rental ordinance in force in unincorporated Manatee County as of October 21, 2026
Marco Island
Marco Island is a rare Florida case where a locally popular STR registration ordinance was overturned by state hurricane-recovery legislation
Miami-Dade County
Unincorporated Miami-Dade allows short-term rentals with a yearly county Certificate of Use and an inspection
Miramar
Miramar requires a city zoning certificate of use, a business tax receipt and yearly police registration for every vacation rental, plus the state DBPR license and tax accounts
Palm Bay
No Palm Bay vacation rental permit was found
Palm Beach County (unincorporated)
In unincorporated Palm Beach County a vacation rental needs a state DBPR license, a county tourist development tax account and a $33 county Short-Term Rental Local Business Tax Receipt, with no zoning approval
Palm Beach Shores
The Town of Palm Beach Shores, at the south tip of Singer Island, requires a yearly town vacation rental permit ($800) with a town inspection, a 24/7 responsible party and safety standards, plus a $33 Palm Beach County…
Palm Coast
Annual city registration ($450) since March 3, 2025, 10-guest cap, driveway-only parking and a sex-offender check on each renter
Panama City
The City of Panama City (not Panama City Beach) requires a city merchant business tax receipt, a Bay County tourist tax account and a DBPR license, and allows short-term rentals only in listed zoning districts, which…
Panama City Beach
Allowed. The only duty is a notice or registration that nobody has to approve.
Pembroke Pines
Pembroke Pines has no city vacation rental permit or registration
Pensacola
The City of Pensacola has no short-term rental permit, registry, cap or minimum stay
Pensacola Beach
Pensacola Beach has no short-term rental registry or permit in force
Pinellas County
Unincorporated Pinellas County requires a Certificate of Use for each short-term rental: $450 a year plus inspection fees, an inspection before approval and every two years, a 10-guest cap, one parking space per 3…
Plantation
Plantation requires a city certificate of compliance and local business tax receipt for each rental, issued after structural, fire and zoning inspections, with a yearly inspection, $1,000,000 liability insurance, a…
Pompano Beach
Pompano Beach requires a yearly city Short Term Rental Permit with a city inspection for homes and small multiplexes rented for six months or less
Port St. Lucie
Port St. Lucie does not license vacation rentals
Sebastian
Sebastian registers vacation rentals through its business tax receipt with a $75 life safety permit, a 10-person occupancy limit and a 5-vehicle parking limit
Singer Island
Singer Island has no government of its own
St. Johns County (unincorporated)
Unincorporated St. Johns County east of the Intracoastal Waterway requires a yearly $300 county vacation rental registration, a 10-guest cap per home, parking and trash rules, and a Florida DBPR license
Florida (statewide)
Florida licenses vacation rentals at the state level
Sunrise
No City of Sunrise vacation rental permit was found
Tallahassee
Short-term rentals are allowed in Tallahassee with no city permit, registration or business license