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Short-term rental rules in Reno, NV
How Reno 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.
- No STR-specific ordinance anywhere in the Reno Municipal Code
- City levies its own 1% transient lodging tax on operators, reaching vacation homes rented for under 28 days (RMC §2.10.200)
- General transient-lodging operator license from the Reno-Sparks Convention and Visitors Authority, not STR-specific (RMC §2.10.210)
- No STR permit, cap, separation rule or residency requirement; the City's 2025-09-24 staff report states that STR operators are "not required to obtain a license" (RMC §4.04.007(3)(b) business licensing reaches only three or more residential units on one parcel); Nevada's AB 363 city mandate does not reach Reno
Based on: Reno Administrative Code Title 2 Ch. 2.10 Art. III Room Taxes, §2.10.200 Tax imposed and §2.10.210 License required
Summary of the rule
RMC §2.10.200(a): "There is fixed and imposed a license tax for revenue on each operator of transient lodging in the city in the amount of one percent of the gross receipts derived by each operator from the renting of transient lodging within the city limits." Subsection (a) adds 1% in the Assessment District created 1995-04-04 and 1.5% in the area set by council on 2001-10-09 for Reno Redevelopment Agency bonds.
Last reviewed Oct 14, 2026 · Sources · Report an error
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