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Short-term rental permit lookup
Type a street address to see if it appears on a public short-term rental register: the permit type, its status, when it was filed and which government register lists it. The search covers 56 registers, 283,611 permit records in all.
- Neighbors and HOA boards checking a rental next door
- Home buyers checking a property sold as an Airbnb
- Vendors and managers checking a prospect before a call
How to read a result
- Permit type
- The category the register uses, such as owner-occupied, non-owner-occupied or a Florida vacation rental house or condo license. Each city names its permits differently.
- Status
- As the register publishes it: active, issued, expired, pending, under review. Some registers list only active permits, so a missing status usually means active.
- Pending
- An application the city has not decided yet. Pending filings are often the newest rentals in a market.
- Filed and first captured
- Filed is the application date the register publishes. First captured is the day the record first appeared in our copy of the register, which can be later.
- On file
- Which owner details the register holds for that permit: a name, a mailing address, a phone, an email. The lookup never shows them.
When the address is not found
A miss is not proof that a rental is unpermitted. The address may be written differently on the register (unit numbers, abbreviations), the city may publish no register, or the permit may sit in a state we do not cover yet. Before you act on a suspected unpermitted rental, check with the city or county permit office. For how the rules work in different places, read short-term rental permits by state and the list of public registers.
Registers the lookup searches
56 official registers. Each one has its own page with its size, fields and update schedule.
California
- San Diego STRO (Short-Term Residential Occupancy) Licenses 8,850
- San Bernardino CA STR (arcgis) 5,328
- Sonoma CA STR (arcgis) 2,424
- Marin County CA Registered Active Short Term Rentals 1,594
- City of Sacramento Active Short Term Rental Permits 539
- Sonoma County Vacation Rental Licenses (grandfathered / exempt list) 506
- City of Santa Barbara Permitted Short-Term Rentals (Finance) 255
- Los Angeles County (unincorporated) Short-Term Rental Certificates (TTC) 211
Virginia
Need every permit holder in a market?
The lookup checks one address at a time. Businesses that sell to rental owners (managers, cleaners, insurers, furnishers) use the full files: every permit in a city or state with the owner name, address and, where the register publishes them, a phone or email. 127,924 of the 283,611 records carry a phone or email.
Questions about the lookup
Is the short-term rental permit lookup free?
Yes. Anyone can search an address without an account. The lookup shows whether the address appears on a public short-term rental register we collect, with the permit type, status and dates. Owner contact details are only in the paid data.
What does it mean if an address is not found?
Only that the address is not on one of the 56 registers we collect, or that it is written differently there. It does not prove a property is unpermitted. Many cities publish no register at all, and some publish addresses without house numbers. Check the city's own permit office before you act.
Where does the permit data come from?
From official government registers: city, county and state short-term rental permit and license lists published as public records. Each result names the register it came from. We refresh the registers on a schedule, most of them daily.
Does the lookup show who owns the property?
No. The lookup only says whether the register holds an owner name, a mailing address, a phone or an email for that permit. Businesses that need owner contact details can download a free 25-row sample of a register after a free sign-up, or buy a state or national file.
Which states can I search?
The states where we hold public short-term rental register data: Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Illinois, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nevada, New Mexico, North Carolina, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Washington, Wisconsin, Wyoming. Idaho and Iowa have no local registers because state law preempted local short-term rental permitting.
Results come from public government records as published and may be out of date or incomplete. This tool is not a legal determination of whether a property may be rented. Owners who want a record corrected should contact the issuing city or county; for our copy, write to info@leadminingcompany.com.