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Short-term rental rules in Midland, TX
How Midland 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.
- City levies a 7% hotel occupancy tax that expressly reaches short-term rentals
- No STR-specific permit, registration or licensing process in the city code
- No residential-zone exclusion, cap, or residency requirement for whole-home rentals
- Texas imposes no state preemption or state STR license
Based on: Midland Municipal Code Ch. 3-3 (Hotel Occupancy Tax), Secs. 3-3-1 and 3-3-2; Ord. 7837 (adopted 4/13/1999), Ord. 10190
Summary of the rule
Hotel means a building in which members of the public obtain sleeping accommodations for consideration. The term includes a hotel, motel, tourist home, tourist house, tourist court, lodging house, inn, rooming house, bed and breakfast, or short-term rental. ... Short-term rental means the rental of all or part of a residential property to a person who is not a permanent resident.
Last reviewed Oct 22, 2026 · Sources · Report an error
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