# Sec. 5-175.03. Short-Term Rentals Licenses; Host Requirements

Codified through Bill No. CB-018-2026, adopted May 12, 2026, effective July 24, 2026. Source: Municode, Supplement 2026 Update 2. Editorial notes and legislative history omitted.

## Sec. 5-175.03. Short-Term Rentals Licenses; Host Requirements

Prince George's County, Md., Code § 5-175.03 (2026)

(a) No one shall engage in the business of the short-term rentals without having obtained a license under this Division.

(b) A person who has filed a complete application with the Department for a short-term rental license may operate a short-term rental for no more than 90 calendar days while the application is being assessed and evaluated by the Department. A person who has filed a complete application with the Department shall follow all of the requirements of a short-term rental provider during the 90 day operation of the short-term rental as prescribed in this Division and section 5-175.

(c) No one shall utilize or list on a hosting platform without a short-term rental license, except as prescribed in section 5-175(b).

(d) Anyone issued a short-term rental license shall do the following:

  (1) Shall collect and remit all applicable hotel taxes through the platform;

  (2) Shall display conspicuously on interior of the short-term rental, the license with contact information of the licensed host, the Prince George's County, Maryland based emergency contact pursuant to Section 5-175.01(c)(19) and the contact information for the Department;

  (3) Shall not rent the short-term rental for more than 30 consecutive days;

  (4) Shall not rent the short-term rental more than 90 days per calendar year if the short-term rental is unoccupied by the owner;

  (5) Shall not rent the short-term rental more than 180 days per calendar year if the short-term rental is owner occupied;

  (6) Shall not combine allowable time frames to exceed the permissible calendar days for short-term rentals;

  (7) Shall not permit more than a total of eight (8) guests at any one time and there shall not be more than three (3) guests per bedroom;

  (8) Shall not permit any other individuals to utilize the short-term rental other than registered short-term rental guests;

(e) Maintain a log of all short-term rental guests that have rented the short-term rental when applying to renew the short-term rental license that shall be provided when applying for renewal of the short-term license;

  (1) The log shall contain the following information:

    (A) The total number of short-term rental guests that stay in the short term rental for the calendar year beginning the first day of January of each year and ending the last day of December;

    (B) The total number of short-term rental guests that stay during each individual rental;

    (C) The dates the short-rental is rented by a short-term rental guest;

    (D) The number of days and dates the short-term rental was owner occupied; and

    (E) The total number of days and dates when the short-term rental was not owner occupied.