Deerfield Beach, FL short-term rental registration
Deerfield Beach makes registration the precondition, not the formality: operating a vacation rental in the city without first registering is unlawful, and each rental needs its own form. What the city then checks is mostly about the guest's behaviour once inside. You have to post a set of notices in the unit, including the quiet hours the city enforces from 9 p.m. to 7 a.m. and the location of the nearest hospital, and name a responsible party who meets the city's standards. Renewal falls on 1 October, by notarised affidavit.[6]
Every rule below links to the official source it comes from, verified September 20, 2026.
Can you rent short term in Deerfield Beach?
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What you apply for: Vacation Rental Registration
- Seasonal homes
- 7,371
- Housing units
- 46,578
- Residents
- 88,093
U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 ACS 5-year estimates
- City ruleRegistration required
- City feeNone published
- Tax on each stay13%
- Seasonal homes158 per 1,000
Deerfield Beach vacation rental registration
Deerfield Beach requires every vacation rental to be registered with the city before it operates, and a separate registration form for each one: operating without registering first is unlawful. The application asks for copies of the notices you will post inside the unit, which must include vacation rental information, notice that quiet hours run from 9 p.m. to 7 a.m. daily, and the location of the nearest hospital. You must also designate a vacation rental responsible party capable of meeting the standards the city sets. Registration is renewed by 1 October each year, and the renewal is a properly executed and notarised affidavit attesting either that nothing has changed since the last one or identifying each change with its supporting documents. Beyond the registration itself, a vacation rental has to meet the other applicable standards of the city's Land Development Code and Code of Ordinances, covering exterior building standards, yard and landscape areas, refuse storage, parking prohibitions and swimming pools.[6]
What Deerfield Beach asks of you
It is unlawful to operate a vacation rental in the city without registering first, and a separate registration form is required for each one.[6]
The application includes copies of the notices to be posted in the unit: vacation rental information, notice that quiet hours run from 9 p.m. to 7 a.m. daily, and the location of the nearest hospital.[6]
The owner designates a vacation rental responsible party capable of meeting the standards the city specifies.[6]
Registration is renewed by 1 October each year, on a properly executed and notarised affidavit attesting that nothing has changed or identifying each change with supporting documents.[7]
Vacation rentals must also comply with the other applicable standards of the Land Development Code and Code of Ordinances: exterior building standards, yard and landscape areas, refuse storage, parking prohibitions and swimming pool standards.[6]
What Florida asks wherever you host
These rules apply at this address whatever the city decides.
Florida licenses vacation rentals itself. A house, townhouse or unit in a building of four units or fewer is licensed as a dwelling, a unit in a condominium or cooperative as a condominium, and the licence costs $150 plus $10 per rental unit plus a $10 hospitality education fee.[2]
A city cannot ban vacation rentals, nor regulate how long or how often you rent, unless its ordinance was already on the books on June 1, 2011. Ordinances adopted before that date survive untouched, which is why two neighbouring Florida towns can sit at opposite ends of the scale.[1]
State sales tax is due on every rental of six months or less. A bona fide written lease for more than six months of continuous residence is exempt, and so is the seventh month onward once a guest has stayed and paid for six.[3]
What a guest pays on top of your nightly rate in Deerfield Beach
Each layer is set by a different authority, and not all of them are collected by the platform.
| Layer | Rate | Remitted to |
|---|---|---|
| Florida state sales tax[3] | 6% | The state revenue department |
| Broward County discretionary sales surtax[5] | 1% | The state revenue department |
| Broward County Tourist Development Tax[4] | 6% | The county |
| Total on a taxable stay | 13% |
Broward administers its own 6% tourist development tax, so that return goes to the county and only the state tax and the 1% surtax go to the Department of Revenue.[4]
How short-term rental taxes work for US hostsWhat the census counts
How much of Deerfield Beach is already a second home
The Census Bureau counts 7,371 of Deerfield Beach's 46,578 homes as vacant for seasonal, recreational or occasional use — 158 out of every 1,000. That ranks Deerfield Beach 28th of the 33 Florida cities on this site for the share of its housing stock kept for part-year use.
- Rank in the state
- 28th of 33
- Share of housing
- 158 per 1,000
- Median home value
- $309,600
U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 ACS 5-year estimates, tables B25004, B25001, B01003 and B25077.
Nearby and comparable
Where Deerfield Beach sits among its neighbors
Pompano Beach, FL
Permit required
8,149 seasonal homes, 133 per 1,000 housing units.
Rules in Pompano BeachLauderdale-by-the-Sea, FL
Registration required
3,163 seasonal homes, 458 per 1,000 housing units.
Rules in Lauderdale-by-the-SeaFlagler Beach, FL
Permit required
629 seasonal homes, 170 per 1,000 housing units.
Rules in Flagler BeachPort St. Joe, FL
Registration required
323 seasonal homes, 148 per 1,000 housing units.
Rules in Port St. JoeFAQ
Deerfield Beach short-term rental questions
What has to be posted inside a Deerfield Beach rental?
How does renewal work?
Do I need one registration per property?
Sources
- Florida Statutes § 509.032(7), Duties — preemption of vacation rental regulation, The Florida Legislature, read on September 20, 2026
- Guide to Vacation Rentals and Timeshare Projects, Division of Hotels and Restaurants, Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation, read on September 20, 2026
- Sales and Use Tax on Rental of Living or Sleeping Accommodations (GT-800034, R. 10/25), Florida Department of Revenue, read on September 20, 2026
- Local Option Transient Rental Tax Rates (DR-15TDT, R. 03/25), Florida Department of Revenue, read on September 20, 2026
- Discretionary Sales Surtax Information for Calendar Year 2026 (DR-15DSS), Florida Department of Revenue, read on September 20, 2026
- Vacation Rental Registration Package, City of Deerfield Beach, read on September 20, 2026
- Vacation Rental Registration Renewal Affidavit, City of Deerfield Beach, read on September 20, 2026
This page is not legal advice. It summarizes the official sources listed on this page as they read on September 20, 2026. Rules can change after that date, so check with the issuing office before you apply or publish a listing.
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