How we track short-term rental regulations

How this data is compiled

Short-term rental rules are set by thousands of separate city, county, and state authorities, and they change constantly. No purely manual process could research roughly 5,115 markets and keep them current. So we built a system to do it: human-defined sourcing standards and review paired with AI-powered research that reads official government sources at scale.

Every market's status, permit requirements, and conditions trace back to a primary government source — which we link on each market page, so you can always check our summary against the original ordinance. We're transparent that this dataset is AI-assisted: humans designed and oversee the system; the research runs at a scale only automation makes possible. The primary source is always the final authority, not our summary of it.

Our sourcing standard

• Primary sources only. We cite official municipal, county, and state government records — ordinances, municipal code, and licensing pages — not third-party blogs or listing sites.
• The source is linked. Where an official source exists, the market page links directly to it so you can read the regulation in full.
• Jurisdiction layering. A city listing reflects city, county, and state rules that stack on top of one another, each shown with its own source.
• Honest gaps. When we can't find a clear regulation for a market, we say so rather than guess.

How current is it?

Each market page shows when its regulation was last verified. The most recent regulatory change we've tracked is from December 2025. Regulations change at thousands of independent authorities, so no snapshot is ever perfectly current — that is exactly why every page links its official source. Always confirm against that source before acting.

How to verify & cite this data

To verify a market, open its page and follow the linked official source. To cite our data, please link to the specific market page and note the date you accessed it: