Florida

Operating rules

Primary residence

No

Min stay (nights)

—

Max nights / year

—

Max occupancy

—

Zoning-restricted

No

Cap on licenses

—

Grandfathering: Fla. Stat. 509.032(7)(b) preemption does not apply to any local law, ordinance, or regulation adopted on or before June 1, 2011; such pre-2011 local vacation-rental ordinances (e.g., in cities like Miami Beach and Key West) remain enforceable and may impose stricter zoning, registration, or duration limits.

Zoning: State law preempts local governments from prohibiting vacation rentals or regulating rental duration/frequency; local zoning that singles out vacation rentals is restricted unless the ordinance was adopted on or before June 1, 2011.

• Statewide preemption: 'A local law, ordinance, or regulation may not prohibit vacation rentals or regulate the duration or frequency of rental of vacation rentals.' (Fla. Stat. 509.032(7)(b))
• Grandfather clause: 'This paragraph does not apply to any local law, ordinance, or regulation adopted on or before June 1, 2011.'
• SB 280 (2024) would have created a statewide Vacation Rental Information System / registry and occupancy limits but was VETOED by Gov. DeSantis on 2024-06-27; no statewide registry currently exists.
• Counties and cities inherit these state facts; specific min-stay, occupancy caps, and license caps are set (if at all) only by grandfathered pre-2011 local ordinances.

Enforcement

Active enforcement

State licensing enforcement by DBPR; local enforcement varies by jurisdiction and is constrained by state preemption (no local ban or duration/frequency regulation except grandfathered pre-2011 ordinances).

Fines

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Notes

No statewide STR-specific fine schedule confirmed firsthand for this record; DBPR may take administrative action against unlicensed operators. Local fines, where they exist, derive from grandfathered pre-2011 ordinances (e.g., certain cities) and are captured at the city layer, not the state layer. Set to null rather than guessed pending a verbatim source.