Short-Term Rental Laws in Miami, Florida

The City of Miami prohibits rentals shorter than 6 months and 1 day in most residential zones (T3, T4-R, T5-R, T6-R). STRs are allowed only in commercially zoned districts (T6 outside the T6-R subzones, D1/D2/D3) and specific overlay districts. Even within allowed zones, operators must obtain a Business Tax Receipt, a Certificate of Use, a Miami-Dade County resort tax registration, AND a Florida DBPR Vacation Rental Dwelling license. The 2011 statewide preemption (FL Statute 509.032(7)) grandfathers Miami's pre-2011 ordinance, so the city's residential prohibition is enforceable.

Miami's Miami 21 zoning code uses Transect zones. Residential transects (T3, T4-R, T5-R, T6-R) prohibit transient rentals; commercial/mixed-use transects (T4-O, T5-O, T6-O, D1/D2/D3) permit them. Miami Beach is a SEPARATE jurisdiction with its own (even stricter) framework — confirm whether your parcel is in the City of Miami vs Miami Beach before any offer. Coral Gables, Doral, and Sweetwater also have their own city-level rules within Miami-Dade County.

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

Registration is required. Use the city registration portal to start the process.

Miami Code Compliance actively investigates platform-listed properties against the Business Tax Receipt / Certificate of Use registry. First-violation fines start at $500 and stack daily for continuing violations. Miami-Dade County separately enforces the resort tax (6% TDT) collection — failure to register triggers back-tax + penalty assessments. The DBPR also issues administrative fines up to $1,000 per violation for operating without a state Vacation Rental Dwelling license.

Combined short-term lodging tax in Miami is approximately 13.000% of gross nightly revenue (state sales + state TRT + local TRT + applicable resort/city options).

Florida State sales tax 6% + Miami-Dade Tourist Development Tax 6% + Convention Development Tax 1% — combined ~13.0% on transient lodging

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