Airbnb and vacation rental hosts

Where is the rental?

Free checklist of what your city asks for a short-term rental permit or registration, from host rules to safety items, with NYC's rules spelled out.

  • Free to read
  • No sign-up until the draft
  • Hands off to the right door
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ePlan fills in

  • City or county
  • Parcel
  • Year built
  • Flood zone
  • Nearest fire station

How it works

Short-term rental permit checklist, from one answer

  1. Enter the rental's address and how you host.
  2. ePlan finds your city's rules and the building's records.
  3. Read the checklist free. Need a posted guest evacuation plan? Start a fire safety and evacuation plan.

What you get

Short-term rental permit checklist and 1 more document

The check is free. The paperwork after it is drafted at the Emergency action plan and fire prevention plan door.

The first draft

Short-term rental permit checklist (free)

  1. Your city's rule and where to apply
  2. Who may register
  3. Host-present and guest limits
  4. Lease, building and HOA permission
  5. Safety items and open violations
  6. Taxes and listing number

Modeled on: NYC Local Law 18 of 2022 (example city rule)

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Guest fire safety and evacuation plan

  1. Exits and routes
  2. Smoke and CO alarms
  3. Emergency contacts
  4. Posted exit map

From public data

What ePlan fills in, and from where

$5,000

is New York City's maximum civil penalty per violation for offering an unregistered short-term rental (or three times its revenue, if less)
Source: NYC Admin. Code 26-3104, Local Law 18 of 2022

Ready for the paperwork?

Draft an OSHA emergency action and fire prevention plan with exits, alarms and a head count for a shop, office or restaurant. Free to read.

Emergency action plan and fire prevention plan →

Questions

Short-term rental permit checklist: what people ask

Can I rent my whole NYC apartment for short stays?

Not for fewer than 30 days, whether you own or rent. NYC allows short-term rentals only when the host lives in the unit with the guests, guests can use the whole unit, and there are no more than two guests, not counting children under 4.

Source: nyc.gov

What happens if I host without registering in NYC?

Offering an unregistered short-term rental can bring a civil penalty of up to $5,000, or three times the rental's revenue if that is less, for each violation. Registered hosts who break the rules face up to $5,000 per violation.

Source: nyc.gov

Who can register a short-term rental in NYC?

Only an actual person who is the permanent occupant of the unit. Rent-regulated and NYC Housing Authority units can't register, and the city denies registrations in buildings on the prohibited buildings list that owners file.

Source: nyc.gov

The rules this door follows