Short-Term Rental Laws in Scottsdale, Arizona

Scottsdale operates under AZ SB 1350 preemption — cannot ban STR by zoning class but uses the maximum allowed health/safety/nuisance framework. Permit + emergency contact + neighbor notification + property liability insurance ($500K min) + sex offender check on every guest + 3-strike penalty system. Effectively the most restrictive AZ STR market via accumulated nuisance rules.

STR allowed in residential and commercial zones per AZ SB 1350. Scottsdale adds significant operational requirements: registered emergency contact, neighbor notification before guest stays, property liability insurance minimum $500K, mandatory sex-offender registry check on all guests, and a 3-violation rule that revokes permits after three substantiated noise/nuisance complaints in a 12-month window.

Operators must hold a short-term rental permit before listing. See the official permit portal.

Scottsdale City Manager's Office + Code Enforcement actively investigate complaint-driven violations. Each substantiated complaint counts toward the 3-strike threshold. Operating unregistered: $1,000+ per-day administrative penalty + back-tax assessment via AZDOR. Scottsdale also pioneered platform-data scraping in AZ and cross-references Airbnb/Vrbo listings against the permit registry weekly.

Combined short-term lodging tax in Scottsdale is approximately 13.920% of gross nightly revenue (state sales + state TRT + local TRT + applicable resort/city options).

Arizona State TPT 5.5% + Maricopa County 0.7% + Scottsdale city 1.75% + Scottsdale bed tax 5% + transient stay tax (combined ~13.92% on transient lodging)

Verify the current combined rate via the Utah State Tax Commission before remitting — rates drift quarterly.