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Anna Maria vacation rental rules

Every vacation rental in the City of Anna Maria, at the north end of Anna Maria Island, is registered with the city every year and inspected every year. The city also gives you a guest information sheet that has to be posted with your own details.

Checked on Nov 11 2026 against the official pages below

The three things to know

PERMIT

Yearly city registration, one per rental: $100.20 per occupant (8 guests = $801.60) from April 2026 to March 2027. You need your DBPR license, Florida tax certificate, county tourist tax account and parking and floor sketches. No advertising or renting until a new rental passes inspection.

DOOR NOTICE

In a prominent spot: the owner's or agent's name, address and phone, the most guests, the most vehicles with a parking sketch, trash days and times, the nearest hospital, and the city's own guest information sheet. An evacuation map goes by each bedroom door.

TAX

13% total: Manatee County's 6% tourist development tax, paid to the county Tax Collector, plus 7% Florida sales tax to the state. The Tax Collector says it isn't contracted with the big platforms, so owners file the 6% themselves.

Print the door notice

This prints your part of the posting from sec. 108-55. Post it with the city's guest information sheet (link below), your parking sketch, and an evacuation map beside each bedroom door.

The city's sheet (print it as it is)

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CITY OF ANNA MARIA VACATION RENTAL

House information

Provided as required by City of Anna Maria Code sec. 108-55.

    City of Anna Maria Code sec. 108-55. Page made free at headedin.com/stay/rules/anna-maria/

    Prints one letter page. Post it in a prominent spot with the city's guest information sheet and your parking sketch.

    What the rules say

    Who needs to register
    "A separate registration shall be required for each vacation rental."Sec. 108-21
    • Vacation rentals in the city's single-family and two-family zones (sec. 108-3). Each day unregistered is a separate violation.
    • Apply with (sec. 108-22): the city form and fee, your DBPR license, Florida Department of Revenue certificate, Manatee Tax Collector account, a site sketch with each parking space, and a floor sketch for each floor ("may be hand drawn").
    • Fee (Resolution R26-828): $100.20 per occupant, April 1 2026 to March 31 2027. Not refundable.
    • Inspection after the first registration and every year after renewal (sec. 108-26). The city's page: "you may not advertise or rent the property until you have passed inspection."
    • Good for one year; renew before it expires. File an amendment before adding bedrooms, guests or parking; a new owner files within 30 days (secs. 108-23 to 108-27).
    • No minimum stay: the chapter doesn't regulate how long or how often you rent (sec. 108-1).
    What has to be posted
    "In each vacation rental, there shall be provided, in a prominent location, the following written information"Sec. 108-55(a)
    1. The owner's or agent's name, address and phone.
    2. The most guests.
    3. The city's own document with its trash, sea turtle and noise rules (the guest information sheet).
    4. The most vehicles, with a sketch of the off-street spaces.
    5. Trash pickup days and times.
    6. Where the nearest hospital is.

    And "next to the interior door of each bedroom", an evacuation map at least 8½ by 11 (sec. 108-55(b)).

    Guests, phone duty, ads and noise
    • Guests (sec. 108-53): the lower of 2 per bedroom of 100 sq ft or more, plus 1 per bedroom of 70 to 99 sq ft, plus 2; or 8 per rental.
    • Phone: the owner or agent answers the listed number "24-hours a day, seven days a week" for police, fire and emergency crews (sec. 108-43).
    • Lease states the guest and vehicle limits, the parking sketch, and that guests leave promptly on an evacuation order; the city's sheet is attached (sec. 108-54).
    • Ads: advertising more guests than registered is misleading advertising, $200 and up (sec. 27-11).
    • Quiet time (city noise page): 10 p.m. to 8 a.m., pools included.
    • A phone that can call 911 (sec. 108-52).
    Taxes
    "The total tax rate for short-term rentals in Manatee County is 13%"Manatee County Tax Collector
    • 6% tourist development tax to the county Tax Collector, which says it is "not contracted with Airbnb, VRBO, Evolve or any other third-party booking platforms."
    • 7% Florida sales tax to the Department of Revenue.
    • The Tax Collector's new filing system opens Dec 1 2026.

    House rules go in your listing

    For bookings made from Nov 20 2026, Airbnb wants every house rule in the listing itself; signs in the house can only repeat them. This notice only carries what Anna Maria requires, so it adds no new rules. Put quiet hours, parking and the rest in your listing first.

    Official sources, read Nov 11 2026

    Plain-words summary, not legal advice. Rules and fees change, and the official page always wins. Checked Nov 11 2026.

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