El Paso County

Operating rules

Primary residence

No

Min stay (nights)

—

Max nights / year

—

Max occupancy

—

Zoning-restricted

No

Cap on licenses

—

Zoning: Texas counties lack general zoning authority over unincorporated land, so El Paso County does not impose zoning-based STR restrictions in unincorporated areas. Zoning-based STR limits, if any, exist only inside incorporated city limits (e.g., City of El Paso), which are governed by municipal ordinance, not this county record.

• No county STR ordinance, license, permit, primary-residence rule, occupancy cap, or night cap could be found on the official El Paso County (TX) site or in Tex. Tax Code ch. 352 as of 2026-07-11.
• Texas counties generally cannot zone unincorporated land; STR land-use rules are set by cities inside their limits.
• Properties inside the City of El Paso (and other incorporated municipalities in the county) are subject to that city's separate rules and hotel occupancy tax, not covered by this county-level record.
• No statewide Texas STR preemption statute is in effect as of the research date.
• Caution: general-web sources for 'El Paso County short-term rental' frequently return data for El Paso County, COLORADO (elpasoco.com, area code 719); such sources were identified and discarded during verification.

Enforcement

Active enforcement

yes

Fines

—

Notes

County-level enforcement is limited to hotel occupancy tax collection: operators must open an account and file quarterly HOT reports with the El Paso County Tax Assessor-Collector. No county STR land-use enforcement program was found for unincorporated areas. STR-specific code enforcement (occupancy, nuisance, registration) occurs at the city level for properties inside city limits.