Sunny Isles Beach, FL short-term rental license
Sunny Isles Beach is a wall of condominium towers, and renting a unit there short term takes a city license for that unit. An association that forbids short-term rentals ends the matter before the city does. The city may also inspect the unit at any time on request.[6]
Every rule below links to the official source it comes from, verified October 2, 2026.
Can you rent short term in Sunny Isles Beach?
Get a license first
What you apply for: Short-Term Vacation Rental License
- Seasonal homes
- 7,208
- Housing units
- 19,666
- Residents
- 22,437
U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 ACS 5-year estimates
- City ruleLicense required
- City fee$300
- Tax on each stay13%
- Seasonal homes367 per 1,000
Sunny Isles Beach short-term rental license
Under Ordinance 2018-522, Sunny Isles Beach requires a short-term vacation rental license, issued per unit. It covers multi-family dwelling units in condominiums, apartment buildings and cooperatives rented for six months or less. The license costs $300 a year and comes on top of a $100 local business tax receipt, with a $50 late payment fee. The application asks for a Florida transient public lodging establishment license from the DBPR, liability insurance and the rental agreements. It also asks for proof of smoke detectors and fire extinguishers, and for written consent from the condominium association. That consent is the condition most likely to stop an application in this city. A designated responsible party must be available twenty-four hours a day and respond to the unit within one hour. The owner must inspect the unit on site at the end of each rental period. Fines run to $1,000 for a first violation in a twelve-month period and $2,500 for a second. A third costs $2,500 plus a one-year license suspension.[6]
What Sunny Isles Beach asks of you
Ordinance 2018-522 requires a short-term vacation rental license for each multi-family dwelling unit in a condominium, apartment building or cooperative rented for six months or less. A separate license is needed for every unit.[6]
The license is $300 and the local business tax receipt $100, with a $50 late payment fee.[6]
The application requires a DBPR transient public lodging establishment license, liability insurance, the rental agreements, proof of smoke detectors and fire extinguishers, and written consent from the condominium association.[6]
A designated responsible party must be available twenty-four hours a day and respond to the unit within one hour.[6]
The owner must carry out an on-site inspection of the unit at the end of each rental period, and the city may inspect at any time on request.[6]
Violations in a twelve-month period cost $1,000, then $2,500, then $2,500 plus a one-year suspension of the license.[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]
What a guest pays on top of your nightly rate in Sunny Isles Beach
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| Layer | Rate | Remitted to |
|---|---|---|
| Florida state sales tax[3] | 6% | The state revenue department |
| Miami-Dade County discretionary sales surtax[5] | 1% | The state revenue department |
| Miami-Dade County local option transient rental tax[4] | 6% | The county |
| Total on a taxable stay | 13% |
Miami-Dade's local option rate is not uniform: 7% in Miami Beach, 4% in Surfside and Bal Harbour, and 6% for the rest of the county, Sunny Isles Beach included. The county administers it.[4]
What the census counts
How much of Sunny Isles Beach is already a second home
The Census Bureau counts 7,208 of Sunny Isles Beach's 19,666 homes as vacant for seasonal, recreational or occasional use. That is 367 out of every 1,000. It ranks Sunny Isles Beach 11th of the 48 Florida cities on this site for the share of its housing stock kept for part-year use.
- Rank in the state
- 11th of 48
- Share of housing
- 367 per 1,000
- Median home value
- $549,100
U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 ACS 5-year estimates, tables B25004, B25001, B01003 and B25077.
Nearby and comparable
Where Sunny Isles Beach sits among its neighbors
Key Biscayne, FL
Registration required
1,736 seasonal homes, 238 per 1,000 housing units.
Key Biscayne short-term rental rulesMiami Beach, FL
Allowed by zone
13,380 seasonal homes, 212 per 1,000 housing units.
Miami Beach short-term rental rulesDestin, FL
Registration required
5,021 seasonal homes, 367 per 1,000 housing units.
Destin short-term rental rulesPonce Inlet, FL
Allowed by zone
1,169 seasonal homes, 366 per 1,000 housing units.
Ponce Inlet short-term rental rulesFAQ
Sunny Isles Beach short-term rental questions
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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. 10/26), Florida Department of Revenue, read on October 2, 2026
- Discretionary Sales Surtax Information for Calendar Year 2026 (DR-15DSS), Florida Department of Revenue, read on September 20, 2026
- Short-Term Vacation Rental Licenses, City of Sunny Isles 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 October 2, 2026. Rules can change after that date, so check with the issuing office before you apply or publish a listing.
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