N.Y.
Real Property Law Section 447-C
Registration
1.
(a) All counties that are covered jurisdictions shall be required to establish a registration system for short-term rental units located within such county provided, however, that counties may establish shared registries.(b)
Paragraph (a) of this subdivision shall not apply to any county which, on or before the later of December thirty-first, two thousand twenty-five or nine months after the effective date of this section, adopts a local law stating that such county opts not to establish a registration system for short-term rental units pursuant to this subdivision. No such local law may be adopted after the later of December thirty-first, two thousand twenty-five, or nine months after the effective date of this section, provided, however, that a local law repealing such local law may be adopted after such date.(c)
The establishment of a county or multi-county short-term rental unit registration system pursuant to paragraph (a) of this subdivision shall not prevent any city, town, or village therein from enacting local laws or regulations concerning the operation of short-term rental units within such city, town, or village.(d)
Notwithstanding any other provisions of this article to the contrary, a county, city, town, or village may enact a local law prohibiting or further limiting the listing or use of dwelling units, or portions thereof, as short-term rental units or non-covered short-term rental units, regardless of whether such county, city, town, or village is or is not a covered jurisdiction or located within a covered jurisdiction.2.
Short-term rental hosts shall be required to register a short-term rental unit with the county within which such unit is located or with the multi-county registry that includes such county.(a)
Registration shall be valid for two years, after which time the short-term rental host may renew the registration in a manner prescribed by the county in which the short-term rental unit is located or by the multi-county registry that includes such county. The county in which the short-term rental unit is located or the multi-county registry that includes such county may revoke the registration of a short-term rental host upon a determination that the short-term rental host has violated any provision of this article at least three times in two consecutive calendar years, and may determine that the short-term rental host shall be ineligible for registration for a period of up to twelve months from the date of such determination or at the request of the covered jurisdiction in which the short-term rental unit is located when such covered jurisdiction requests such revocation due to illegal occupancy. Listing or offering a dwelling unit, or portion thereof, as a short-term rental unit without current, valid registration shall be unlawful and shall make persons who list or offer such unit ineligible for registration for a period of twelve months from the date a determination is made that a violation has occurred. Any covered jurisdiction may contract with another covered jurisdiction to provide either personnel or services to facilitate the registration of short-term rental units or enforcement of such registrations.(b)
A short-term rental host shall include their current, valid registration number on all offerings, listings or advertisements for short-term rental unit guest stays.(c)
A tenant, or other person that does not own a unit that is used as a short-term rental unit but is in lawful possession of a short-term rental unit, shall not qualify for registration if they are not the permanent occupant of the dwelling unit in question and have not been granted permission in writing by the owner for its short-term rental. Proof of written consent by the owner shall be provided to and verified by the county in which the short-term rental unit is located or by the multi-county registry that includes such county before the issuing or renewal of a registration number.(d)
The county in which the short-term rental unit is located or the multi-county registry that includes such county shall make available to booking services the data necessary to allow booking services to verify the registration status of a short-term rental unit and that the unit is associated with the short-term rental host who registered the unit.(e)
No short-term rental unit shall be registered unless the short-term rental host has paid the application and renewal registration fees in an amount to be established by the county in which the short-term rental unit is located or the multi-county registry that includes such county.(f)
Such application and registration fees shall include a fee for the actual and necessary expenses associated with the construction, operation, and maintenance of the county or multi-county registry and for the enforcement of this article.(g)
Nothing in paragraphs (a) through (f) of this subdivision shall require a short-term rental host or booking service to comply with the requirements of such paragraphs before such time as a county has established a registry or multi-county registry pursuant to paragraph (a) of subdivision one of this section.3.
A county or multi-county registry may create a registration system for booking services.4.
If a county creates a registration system for booking services pursuant to subdivision three of this section, the county within which a short-term rental unit is located or the multi-county registry that includes such county shall set a fee for booking service registration with the county or multi-county registry that includes such county, provided that such fee shall not exceed the actual and necessary expenses associated with the construction, operation, and maintenance of such booking services registration system.5.
Nothing herein shall prevent one or more counties that are covered jurisdictions from establishing shared registration systems for short-term rental units and/or booking services, provided any amount allocated from the application and registration fees for the construction, operation and maintenance of such shared short-term rental unit and/or booking service registration systems shall be remitted pursuant to the agreement establishing such multi-county registry.6.
Each county that is a covered jurisdiction shall post on its website a prominent link to its registry or the multi-county registry in which it is included. * NB Effective September 22, 2025
Source:
Section 447-C — Registration, https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/laws/RPP/447-C (updated Mar. 7, 2025; accessed Mar. 9, 2025).
