Destin & 30A Airbnb & short-term-rental permit leads

Destin & 30A permit records in numbers

Phones: 2,667 of 3,359 (79%). Florida as a whole sits at 75% with a phone, 4 points lower.

2,353 Destin & 30A licenses are dwellings (DWEL) and 1,006 are condominium units (CNDO): a 70 to 30 split between houses and condos.

Filing dates are not published for most Destin & 30A records; the export's first-seen date stands in for one. October 20, 2026 brought the latest Destin & 30A addition, one of 42 in the past 30 days.

139 owner or business names sit on two or more Destin & 30A addresses, 492 records between them, with 29 addresses under the biggest one. By town: Santa Rosa Beach (1,136), Destin (902) and Miramar Beach (780) lead the 4 towns with 10 or more records. Across 27 ZIP codes, 32459 leads with 1,121 records (34% of those with a ZIP).

Destin & 30A short-term rental rules

Program page: Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation, Division of Hotels and Restaurants. Its site blocks automated reads, so the rules are linked here rather than restated.

New Destin & 30A records by month

172 records have entered the Destin & 30A file since the first full copy of Florida DBPR vacation rental licenses (statewide) (July 6, 2026), 44 in July 2026, 45 in August 2026, 54 in September 2026 and 29 in October 2026.

The most recent Destin & 30A addition reached the database on October 20, 2026.

Destin & 30A permit status

The Florida licence file gives each Destin & 30A licence a numeric status code: 2,458 with code 20 and 901 with code 45. The licence file prints only the number for Destin & 30A, so the export keeps each code as published and this page does not read it as active or expired.

What a Destin & 30A list contains

Every Destin & 30A record carries owner name, business name, property address, separate mailing address, ZIP code, permit or licence number, permit type and status. Partly filled: phone on 2,667 (79%). The register leaves email and filing date blank for Destin & 30A. Counted by channel, 2,667 rows can be called and 3,359 mailed. Where a separate mailing address exists (3,359 rows), send the letter there: it is where the owner reads mail, which is often not the rental.

Half of the Destin & 30A records with a ZIP sit in 2 of its 27 ZIP codes, and 3 ZIP codes hold 80%; 32459 alone has 1,121.

The Destin & 30A short-term rental program

Destin makes it unlawful to rent a single-family detached home to seasonal residents unless the owner is registered with the city. [1] Walton County requires an annual short-term vacation rental certificate, at $300 per rental structure. [2] Destin's code defines a short-term rental as any stay in a single-family dwelling from one day up to six months. [1] Walton County's certificate covers units rented more than three times a calendar year for stays under 30 days; a full-time owner-occupied single-family home is exempt. [2]

Destin caps overnight occupancy at two adults per bedroom plus four more people per property. [3] Destin's registration fee is set by the home's square footage, from $500 for 2,499 sq ft or less up to $700 for 5,000 sq ft or more, and late fees apply after March 31. [3] Destin registrations are annual and open on January 1 each year; the code says they expire on March 1. [3] Walton County's tourist development tax is 5% in the south Walton beach ZIP codes (including 30A) and 2% in the rest of the county, collected by the county. [4]

Okaloosa County's tourist development tax is 6% in both its original district and its expansion district, collected by the county; the Clerk of Court takes the monthly returns. [4] No booking platform remits Okaloosa County's tourist tax for hosts. [5]