Short-Term Rental Compliance

Your Airbnb's Permits, Taxes, and Rules — Answered Instantly

Enter your property address and get a full compliance breakdown for your city — what permits you need, what taxes apply, what deadlines to hit.

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HostClear — Compliance Lookup
2847 Mulholland Dr, Los Angeles, CA

Compliance Report — Los Angeles, CA

Home Sharing Permit required

File with LA City Planning — deadline: 30 days before listing

Action Required

Transient Occupancy Tax: 14%

Collected & remitted monthly via LA County

Registered

Zoning: R1 — Primary Residence only

Max 120 nights/year, host must be present

Review
3 items require attention Generate filing documents →

What HostClear does

Short-term rental law is fragmented, fast-changing, and unforgiving. A permit missed in Nashville costs you your listing. A tax registration skipped in Los Angeles costs you far more. HostClear reads the municipal code so you don't have to.

Instant address lookup

Enter any property address. Get back the exact permits, taxes, and zoning rules that apply to that specific location — not a city-wide summary, the actual requirements for your building.

Regulatory change monitoring

Regulations change. HostClear monitors the municipal code for your properties and alerts you when something shifts — so a rule change in your city doesn't blindside you mid-season.

Done-for-you filing

When you need to file, HostClear generates the actual documents and can submit them on your behalf. Permit applications, tax registrations, renewal notices — handled, tracked, confirmed.

The process

From address to compliant listing in four steps

01

Enter your property address

Type any US property address into the lookup. HostClear identifies your city, county, and zoning district — the three layers that determine what you actually need.

What we detect

  • City + county jurisdiction
  • Zoning district and land use
  • HOA overlay restrictions
02

Receive your compliance report

HostClear returns a structured breakdown: which permits are required, current tax rates and remittance schedules, night-cap rules, safety requirements, and filing deadlines.

Report includes

  • Permit types and application links
  • Tax rates and remittance deadlines
  • Night limits, noise rules, safety reqs
03

Generate and file your documents

For any filing required, HostClear generates the correct form, pre-filled with your property details. Review it, approve it, and we submit directly to the municipal agency on your behalf.

Documents we generate

  • Home sharing permit applications
  • Tax registration forms
  • Renewal and annual reporting

Stay monitored, stay compliant

HostClear watches for regulatory changes at all your listed properties. When cities amend their STR ordinances — and they will — you get notified before your next booking is affected, not after a fine arrives.

Built for hosts who are serious about staying listed

Every tool a compliant short-term rental host needs

Portfolio compliance

See every listing's status at a glance

The compliance dashboard shows all your properties on one screen — each with a live status badge. See which listings are fully compliant, which need action, and which have filings in progress. Upcoming deadline alerts surface 30 and 7 days before they're due.

  • Live status badges: Compliant, Action Required, Filing Pending
  • Deadline alerts at 30 days and 7 days
  • Supports 2 to 20 listings per account
Compliance Dashboard 4 properties

2847 Mulholland Dr, Los Angeles

2 items need attention

Action Required

88 Bleecker St, New York, NY

All permits current

Compliant

412 Demonbreun St, Nashville

Filing submitted 06/03/2025

Filing Pending

1201 Kapiolani Blvd, Honolulu

All permits current

Compliant

7 days: Mulholland Dr permit renewal due 07/01/2025

Filing Tracker 3 active filings

Home Sharing Permit — Los Angeles

Under Review

Step 2 of 3 — Agency review

TOT Registration — Nashville

Approved

Complete — confirmed 05/14/2025

STR License — Honolulu

Submitted

Step 1 of 3 — Submission confirmed

Done-for-you filing

Track every filed document, from submission to approval

The filing tracker shows every permit and registration HostClear has submitted on your behalf. You can see exactly where each filing is in the agency's review process — not a vague "submitted" status, but the specific stage and what happens next.

  • Stage-by-stage filing progress
  • Document download at every stage
  • Confirmation email on approval

Pricing

Plans for every host, from one listing to twenty

Start with a compliance lookup for your property. Upgrade when you need monitoring, multi-property dashboards, or done-for-you filing.

Starter

Single property lookup

  • Full compliance report for 1 address
  • Permits, taxes, zoning breakdown
  • Document checklist included
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Monitor

Multi-property monitoring

  • Up to 5 properties monitored
  • Regulatory change alerts
  • Deadline tracking and alerts
  • Document generation included
Start monitoring

Pro

Full portfolio + filing

  • Up to 20 properties
  • Everything in Monitor
  • Done-for-you permit filing
  • Filing tracker with agency status
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Pricing details and current rates are set when you sign up. No credit card required for a lookup.

Common questions

What hosts ask before they start

Does HostClear cover my city?

HostClear currently covers high-regulation US markets including Los Angeles, New York City, Nashville, Austin, and Honolulu, with additional cities being added on a rolling basis. When you enter your address, we tell you immediately whether your location is covered and what data we have for it.

How current is the compliance data?

HostClear pulls from municipal code databases and city agency portals, and our monitoring system flags updates when ordinances change. For high-churn markets like Los Angeles and New York, we review regulatory sources frequently. When a material change occurs in a city you have a property in, you receive an alert.

What if my city has rules that are hard to interpret?

STR regulations are notoriously ambiguous — many cities use language that is genuinely unclear without legal expertise. HostClear presents what the code states and flags areas of ambiguity where the plain reading is uncertain, rather than oversimplifying. For complex situations, the done-for-you filing service means our team handles the interpretation.

Is the done-for-you filing an add-on, or is it included?

Done-for-you permit filing is available on the Pro plan. Starter and Monitor plans include document generation — we pre-fill the correct forms for your property — but the filing submission itself is a Pro feature. You can see what each plan includes when you sign up.

What happens when regulations change after I've already filed?

HostClear continues monitoring your properties after filing. If a regulation affecting your listing changes — a night cap lowered, a new tax, a permit renewal requirement added — you get an alert with what changed and what action, if any, is required. You are not on your own to discover changes after the initial filing.

Know your rules. Keep your listing.

Your Airbnb listing is only safe if you know what the city requires.

Fines and listing removals don't come with advance warnings. Enter your property address and find out exactly where you stand — before a city inspector does.

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