| Alabama | LEGAL | Short-term rentals are legal in Alabama. Birmingham has been actively working on a comprehensive short-term rental ordin... |
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| Alaska | LEGAL | Short-term rentals are legal in Alaska. Anchorage implemented a mandatory registration for short-term rentals in the spr... |
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| Arizona | LEGAL | Short-term rentals are legal in Arizona. Senate Bill 1168 (2022) granted cities more regulatory power. Hosts should veri... |
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| Arkansas | LEGAL | Short-term rentals are legal in Arkansas. In 2023, Little Rock approved a new comprehensive ordinance for short-term ren... |
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| California | RESTRICTED | Short-term rentals are legal in California but subject to local regulation. Senate Bill 60, which took effect in January... |
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| Colorado | RESTRICTED | Short-term rentals are legal in Colorado but subject to local regulation. House Bill 23-1287, concerning county regulati... |
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| Connecticut | LEGAL | Short-term rentals are legal in Connecticut. Public Act 23-43, effective in 2024, empowered municipalities to regulate s... |
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| Delaware | LEGAL | Short-term rentals are legal in Delaware. Effective January 1, 2025, a new statewide short-term rental lodging tax of 4.... |
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| Florida | RESTRICTED | Short-term rentals are legal in Florida but subject to local regulation. While there have been ongoing legislative discu... |
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| Georgia | LEGAL | Short-term rentals are legal in Georgia. In February 2024, Athens-Clarke County adopted new regulations for short-term r... |
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| Hawaii | RESTRICTED | Short-term rentals are legal in Hawaii but subject to local regulation. In December 2025, Maui passed a bill to phase ou... |
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| Idaho | LEGAL | Short-term rentals are legal in Idaho. In March 2026, the Idaho Legislature passed House Bill 583, which was signed into... |
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| Illinois | RESTRICTED | Short-term rentals are legal in Illinois but subject to local regulation. In the 2025-2026 legislative session, bills su... |
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| Indiana | LEGAL | Short-term rentals are legal in Indiana. Indianapolis passed a new ordinance in September 2024 requiring registration an... |
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| Iowa | LEGAL | Short-term rentals are legal in Iowa. In the 2025-2026 legislative session, bills like HF2320 were introduced to clarify... |
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| Kansas | LEGAL | Short-term rentals are legal in Kansas. Johnson County adopted new rules for unincorporated areas in March 2026. Hosts s... |
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| Kentucky | LEGAL | Short-term rentals are legal in Kentucky. Lexington updated its ordinances in July 2023. Hosts should verify local ordin... |
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| Louisiana | RESTRICTED | Short-term rentals are legal in Louisiana but subject to local regulation. The New Orleans STR landscape has been volati... |
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| Maine | LEGAL | Short-term rentals are legal in Maine. In January 2026, the Land Use Planning Commission (LUPC) adopted new rules requir... |
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| Maryland | LEGAL | Short-term rentals are legal in Maryland. In the 2026 legislative session, several bills were introduced, including the ... |
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| Massachusetts | RESTRICTED | Short-term rentals are legal in Massachusetts but subject to local regulation. No major statewide legislative changes ha... |
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| Michigan | LEGAL | Short-term rentals are legal in Michigan. A Michigan Supreme Court ruling in September 2025 affirmed that a 'single fami... |
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| Minnesota | LEGAL | Short-term rentals are legal in Minnesota. In September 2023, Mendota Heights passed a year-long moratorium on new short... |
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| Mississippi | LEGAL | Short-term rentals are legal in Mississippi. In November 2025, Airbnb sued the city of Biloxi over its short-term rental... |
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| Missouri | LEGAL | Short-term rentals are legal in Missouri. Enforcement is handled at the local level, with cities like St. Hosts should v... |
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| Montana | LEGAL | Short-term rentals are legal in Montana. In September 2025, the Montana Supreme Court ruled that residential covenants p... |
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| Nebraska | LEGAL | Short-term rentals are legal in Nebraska. There have been no major statewide legislative changes since the law authorizi... |
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| Nevada | RESTRICTED | Short-term rentals are legal in Nevada but subject to local regulation. Clark County's strict 2022 ordinance has been in... |
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| New Hampshire | LEGAL | Short-term rentals are legal in New Hampshire. There has been ongoing debate and legal challenges regarding local contro... |
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| New Jersey | RESTRICTED | Short-term rentals are legal in New Jersey but subject to local regulation. Newark began enforcing its new permit requir... |
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| New Mexico | LEGAL | Short-term rentals are legal in New Mexico. Las Cruces implemented new registration requirements effective January 1, 20... |
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| New York | RESTRICTED | Short-term rentals are legal in New York but subject to local regulation. The most significant change was the full imple... |
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| North Carolina | LEGAL | Short-term rentals are legal in North Carolina. There has been significant legislative debate around state preemption of... |
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| North Dakota | LEGAL | Short-term rentals are legal in North Dakota. Bismarck approved and clarified its rules for short-term rentals in Octobe... |
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| Ohio | LEGAL | Short-term rentals are legal in Ohio. There is an ongoing debate about state preemption of local regulations. Hosts shou... |
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| Oklahoma | LEGAL | Short-term rentals are legal in Oklahoma. Oklahoma City has been actively working to strengthen its enforcement of STR r... |
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| Oregon | RESTRICTED | Short-term rentals are legal in Oregon but subject to local regulation. In March 2026, a city report found Portland's en... |
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| Pennsylvania | LEGAL | Short-term rentals are legal in Pennsylvania. In March 2026, House Bill 2303 was introduced to establish a statewide reg... |
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| Rhode Island | LEGAL | Short-term rentals are legal in Rhode Island. Effective January 1, 2026, the local hotel tax on short-term rentals incre... |
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| South Carolina | LEGAL | Short-term rentals are legal in South Carolina. In March 2026, a court upheld Folly Beach's cap on STR permits. Hosts sh... |
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| South Dakota | LEGAL | Short-term rentals are legal in South Dakota. Rapid City adopted new regulations for short-term rentals in December 2025... |
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| Tennessee | RESTRICTED | Short-term rentals are legal in Tennessee but subject to local regulation. An October 2023 Tennessee Supreme Court rulin... |
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| Texas | RESTRICTED | Short-term rentals are legal in Texas but subject to local regulation. Houston's new STR ordinance, requiring registrati... |
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| Utah | LEGAL | Short-term rentals are legal in Utah. In 2025, new state legislation (HB256) gave cities more power to crack down on unl... |
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| Vermont | LEGAL | Short-term rentals are legal in Vermont. Effective August 1, 2024, a new 3% surcharge was added to short-term rental ren... |
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| Virginia | RESTRICTED | Short-term rentals are legal in Virginia but subject to local regulation. In October 2025, Virginia Beach reinstated cri... |
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| Washington | RESTRICTED | Short-term rentals are legal in Washington but subject to local regulation. In January 2026, a bill (HB 2559) was introd... |
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| West Virginia | LEGAL | Short-term rentals are legal in West Virginia. No major statewide changes to short-term rental specific laws have occurr... |
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| Wisconsin | LEGAL | Short-term rentals are legal in Wisconsin. In March 2026, Green Bay approved new regulations to establish clearer enforc... |
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| Wyoming | LEGAL | Short-term rentals are legal in Wyoming. A 2023 state law (HB0216) prohibited local governments from creating mandatory ... |
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