A permit lapses. Your listing goes dark. You hear it from a guest.

We maintain rule sets for each supported city — permit renewal cycles, night caps, tax filing schedules, and listing-attestation requirements — aggregated from official city sources like published ordinances, STR program pages, and open-data registries. Tell us your city and PermitGuard applies its specific deadlines and limits to your listing.

We aggregate rule sets from official city sources and automatically re-verify them every month, including checking that each city's portal and public registry still resolve. STR ordinances change, so we're transparent: PermitGuard is a tracking and reminder tool, not a legal authority. Always confirm specifics with your city before a renewal — our job is to make sure that confirmation never sneaks up on you.

Verify Now checks your listing against your city's public permit registry. Three cities have live verification today: City of Austin, New Orleans, and Seattle. New Orleans and Seattle return a real status and expiration date. Austin's open dataset redacts house numbers, so for Austin we confirm that a licensed STR is on file for your street and ZIP and report its permit type — a strong signal, but a street + ZIP match, not an exact-address confirmation. For the other cities we cover, Verify Now gives you a guided manual check with a direct link to the official portal.

Some cities limit how many nights a year you can rent — Portland's 95-night limit, Los Angeles' 120-day cap, San Francisco's 90 un-hosted nights. PermitGuard tracks your bookings against your city's cap and warns you as you approach it, so you don't trigger a violation.

Most STR cities require hosts to collect and remit transient occupancy tax on a set schedule. PermitGuard sends filing reminders ahead of each deadline. We remind you to file — we don't file or pay on your behalf.

Cities like Austin, New York, and Chicago require your STR registration number to be displayed on the listing. If it's missing, platforms can de-list you to stay compliant with local law. PermitGuard tracks this and reminds you to keep your number posted.

Operating on a lapsed permit carries real consequences — cities commonly fine $500–$2,000 per day, and Airbnb and VRBO actively de-list non-compliant listings. PermitGuard fires alerts at 90, 60, 30, and 7 days before expiration and at expiration, so you have advance warning before a renewal turns into bookings lost or fines owed.

No. PermitGuard tracks deadlines and reminds you to act — we never file permits, submit renewals, or pay taxes on your behalf. You stay the accountable party with your city, and we keep you on schedule.

Email alerts are included on every plan. SMS alerts — for the same 90/60/30/7-day and expiration windows — are available on paid plans, so a critical deadline reaches you even when you're not checking email.

Yes. Your permit details, documents, and contact info are stored securely and used only to power your alerts and verification checks. Billing is handled by Stripe — your card details never touch our servers. We don't sell your data, and we're an independent tool, not a reporting channel to any city or platform.

We currently cover Austin, Nashville, Denver, Portland, San Diego, New York, Chicago, Boston, Miami Beach, San Francisco, Honolulu, Los Angeles, New Orleans, and Seattle — 14 cities. We're actively adding more; if yours isn't listed, let us know and we'll prioritize by demand.

City compliance platforms exist to enforce the rules — they work for the government, flag violations, and support de-listing. PermitGuard works for you. We're on the host's side: our entire purpose is to track your deadlines and alert you ahead of them, so you have the best shot at staying off that flagged-listings list. The rules themselves, and whether you meet them, are always between you and your city.