Short-term rental rules in Marco Island, FL

What Marco Island asks of you

• On October 2, 2023, the city council approved Resolution 23-54, nullifying Ordinance 22-08. That ordinance had required owners to register their vacation rental with the city, pay a fee, complete a fire inspection and follow other local requirements.^[6]

• Those requirements are no longer in effect, and the city states that it currently has no registration process for vacation rentals.^[6]

• Owners who had already registered and paid the fee were reimbursed, on a council vote taken on November 6, 2023.^[6]

• The city places no restriction on the duration or frequency of vacation rental stays in single-family homes, but notes that condominium and homeowners associations may have their own.^[6]

• Owners must still register with the Department of Business and Professional Regulation, hold a Department of Revenue certificate of registration, and account to the Collier County Tax Collector.^[6]

• The city publishes a sheet on trash collection, noise, parking and wildlife for owners to print and post inside the rental for their guests.^[6]

What Florida asks wherever you host

These rules apply at this address whatever the city decides.

• Florida licenses vacation rentals itself. A dwelling license covers houses, townhouses and buildings of up to four units. A condominium or cooperative unit takes a condominium license instead. The license costs $150 plus $10 per rental unit, plus a $10 hospitality education fee.^[2]

• No Florida city may ban vacation rentals. It may not set how long or how often you rent either. The one exception is a local ordinance already in force on June 1, 2011, which still applies.^[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. So is the seventh month onward once a guest has stayed and paid for six.^[3]