What we checked
- Los Angeles, CA's short-term-rental registration requirement
- Los Angeles, CA's lodging-tax requirement
What we found
- →A licence is required — Verify current fee on the portal
- →Lodging tax applies — TOT applies (register even if a platform remits)
Read this before you list — these are rules you must confirm, not a verdict.
This page is informational, not legal advice, and not a guarantee. Only the
base zoning above is checked live, and even that is just the zone designation — not a ruling
that short-term rental is allowed at this address. Short-term-rental legality is mostly
decided by layers we do not verify here: city registration,
primary-residence requirements, night caps,
RSO / rent-stabilized & ADU restrictions, and your HOA or condo rules
(an HOA can ban STR even where the city allows it). Confirm every rule with the issuing
authority before you advertise or accept a booking.
Los Angeles, CA · free check
Short-term rental rules (preview)
What you get free: the city's core registration + lodging tax to confirm.
Full packet, fine exposure, and stage checklist are in the $49 report below.
Registration / license
Home-Sharing Registration (primary residence ONLY · Standard ≤120 nights/yr · reg # on every listing · RSO units excluded)
CostVerify current fee on the portal
Issued byLA City Planning · Home-Sharing Program
Lodging / occupancy tax
Transient Occupancy Tax (TOT) registration
RateTOT applies (register even if a platform remits)
Paid toLA Office of Finance
🔒 In the $49 report (not free)