Pinetop-Lakeside, AZ short-term rental registration
Pinetop-Lakeside has the highest concentration of seasonal housing of any Arizona town in this silo, and it draws its line at twenty-nine days: rent for that or less and you need a town permit, rent for thirty or more and the town's licensing does not reach you. The permit costs $250 a year per property and the application is a document checklist — tax licence, deed or tax bill, $500,000 of cover, and a photograph of your emergency contact's driving licence to prove they are local. The number then goes in every advert.[3]
Every rule below links to the official source it comes from, verified September 20, 2026.
Can you rent short term in Pinetop-Lakeside?
Get a permit first
What you apply for: Town of Pinetop-Lakeside short-term rental permit
- Seasonal homes
- 1,080
- Housing units
- 3,243
- Residents
- 4,101
U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 ACS 5-year estimates
- City rulePermit required
- City fee$250
- Tax on each staySet locally
- Seasonal homes333 per 1,000
Pinetop-Lakeside short-term rental permit
Pinetop-Lakeside requires a short-term rental permit from any owner renting a property for twenty-nine consecutive days or less; the town's licence applies only to rentals of under thirty days, so owners letting for thirty days or more do not go through this process. The annual licence is $250 per property and must be obtained and maintained for each property in the town. The application asks for a valid transaction privilege tax licence, whose number you need before applying; proof of ownership in the form of a warranty deed or the latest property tax bill; proof of liability insurance covering the vacation rental in the aggregate for at least $500,000, or evidence that each transaction goes through a platform providing equal or greater primary cover; and proof that the emergency point of contact is local, such as a photograph of their driving licence. Once issued, the short-term rental registration number has to appear in every online advertisement for the property and in a conspicuous place inside the unit at all times, and the immediate neighbours must be given twenty-four-hour emergency contact information.[3]
What Pinetop-Lakeside asks of you
Any owner renting a property for twenty-nine consecutive days or less must apply for a short-term rental permit. Rentals of thirty days or more fall outside the town's licensing.[3]
The annual licence fee is $250 per property, and owners must obtain and maintain one for each property they let in the town.[3]
The application requires a valid transaction privilege tax licence, whose number is needed to apply, and proof of ownership by warranty deed or latest property tax bill.[3]
It also requires liability insurance covering the rental in the aggregate for at least $500,000, or evidence that each transaction runs through a platform providing equal or greater primary cover.[3]
The emergency point of contact must be shown to be local, for instance by a photograph of their driving licence.[3]
The registration number must be posted in every online advertisement for the rental and in a conspicuous place inside the unit at all times, and the immediate neighbours must receive twenty-four-hour emergency contact details.[3]
What Arizona asks wherever you host
These rules apply at this address whatever the city decides.
No Arizona city may prohibit short-term rentals, or restrict them by classification, use or occupancy beyond the closed list the statute sets out.[1]
Where a city requires a permit, its fee cannot exceed the actual cost of issuing it or $250, whichever is less, and the application may ask for only six things.[1]
A city may require you to notify the adjacent, opposite and diagonally opposite properties before the first booking, and to display the permit number on every advertisement.[1]
A stay of under thirty consecutive days falls in the state's transient lodging classification; from thirty consecutive days it does not.[2]
What a guest pays on top of your nightly rate in Pinetop-Lakeside
Each layer is set by a different authority, and not all of them are collected by the platform.
| Layer | Rate | Remitted to |
|---|---|---|
| Arizona transient lodging transaction privilege tax[2] | Not published | The state revenue department |
| City transient lodging tax[3] | Not published | The city |
The transaction privilege tax licence comes first: the town needs your TPT number on the permit application, so the state registration has to be done before the local one.[3]
How short-term rental taxes work for US hostsWhat the census counts
How much of Pinetop-Lakeside is already a second home
The Census Bureau counts 1,080 of Pinetop-Lakeside's 3,243 homes as vacant for seasonal, recreational or occasional use — 333 out of every 1,000. That ranks Pinetop-Lakeside 1st of the 16 Arizona cities on this site for the share of its housing stock kept for part-year use.
- Rank in the state
- 1st of 16
- Share of housing
- 333 per 1,000
- Median home value
- $370,800
U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 ACS 5-year estimates, tables B25004, B25001, B01003 and B25077.
Nearby and comparable
Where Pinetop-Lakeside sits among its neighbors
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Permit required
2,296 seasonal homes, 296 per 1,000 housing units.
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444 seasonal homes, 192 per 1,000 housing units.
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Permit required
1,260 seasonal homes, 189 per 1,000 housing units.
Rules in SedonaLake Havasu City, AZ
Permit required
5,293 seasonal homes, 150 per 1,000 housing units.
Rules in Lake Havasu CityFAQ
Pinetop-Lakeside short-term rental questions
Does a monthly let need a Pinetop-Lakeside permit?
Where does the registration number have to appear?
Can my emergency contact live out of town?
Sources
- A.R.S. § 9-500.39, Limits on regulation of vacation rentals and short-term rentals, Arizona State Legislature, read on September 20, 2026
- A.R.S. § 42-5070, Transient lodging classification; definition, Arizona State Legislature, read on September 20, 2026
- Short-Term Rental Permit, community development, Town of Pinetop-Lakeside, 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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