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Short-term rental rules in Silver City, NM
How Silver City regulates short-term rentals: the rules that apply, their sources, and pending changes.
Short-term rentals here are subject to registration, a lodging tax, or a small number of operating rules.
- Town of Silver City levies its own municipal lodgers' tax reaching short-term rental stays (Ch. 44, Art. III; Ord. 1324)
- No STR-specific zoning permit or registration in force (Town's own Sept 2025 proposed amendment states STRs 'currently lack a clear permit or review' process)
- No cap, quota, or residential-zone exclusion
- STR permit system proposed Sept 2025 but not yet enacted (pending)
Based on: Silver City Municipal Code Ch. 44, Art. III (Lodger's Tax), Sec. 44-115 as amended by Ordinance No. 1324 (adopted
Summary of the rule
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 44, TAXATION, ARTICLE III, LODGER'S TAX, SECTION 44-115, EXEMPTIONS TO ARTICLE ... WHEREAS, due to the expansion of Short-Term Rental Units in the Town of Silver City, it has become necessary to amend the Town's Lodger's Tax ordinance to bring said units in conformity with the Town Code and State law ... Section 44-115 ... is amended by the deletion of subparagraph (7).
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Last reviewed Sep 16, 2026 · Sources · Report an error
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