Juneau Airbnb Rules & Investment Guide (2026)

Short-term-rental decisions begin with the City and Borough of Juneau address, lawful dwelling status, and property-specific review.

• Confirm the parcel lies within the City and Borough of Juneau and use the official parcel viewer for ownership, boundaries, and mapped property information.
• Check the zoning map and ask Community Development how Title 49 applies to the proposed dwelling and rental configuration.
• Confirm the structure is a lawful dwelling and resolve outstanding permits, occupancy conditions, or unauthorized work before advertising.
• Review condominium, lease, mortgage, insurance, and other private restrictions separately from CBJ registration.

CBJ defines short-term rental occupancy as fewer than 30 consecutive days and requires a separate annual registration for each unit.

• Register each unit with the CBJ Sales Tax Office before offering or advertising it for short-term occupancy.
• Display the assigned CBJ short-term-rental registration number on every public advertisement or listing.
• Renew the registration for each calendar year. CBJ currently publishes no registration fee.
• Treat the STR registration as separate from CBJ business registration and Alaska business licensing.

Registration does not replace the other approvals that can apply to a specific property or operating structure.

• Obtain an Alaska Business License when collecting rental income, as directed by the State property-rental guidance.
• Register the rental business with the CBJ Sales Tax Office before making rentals within the borough.
• Ask Community Development whether home-occupation, bed-and-breakfast, boardinghouse, rooming-house, building, or other approvals apply.
• Use the CBJ permit portal for required applications, plans, and inspection scheduling.

The dwelling, occupancy pattern, and any construction history determine which building or fire reviews apply.

• Confirm legal bedroom, egress, smoke-alarm, carbon-monoxide-alarm, electrical, heating, and emergency-exit conditions.
• Ask the CBJ Permit Center whether a change of use, remodel, deck, stair, parking, or other work needs a permit or inspection.
• Contact the Capital City Fire/Rescue Fire Marshal for commercial-use or fire-code questions that apply to the property.
• Maintain insurance that expressly covers short-term-rental use and disclose the proposed operation to the carrier.

A written operating plan should fit the approved dwelling, site capacity, neighborhood conditions, and emergency access.

• Set guest limits from lawful sleeping rooms, egress, wastewater capacity, parking, and any approval conditions rather than a listing target.
• Give guests written parking, noise, refuse, wildlife, smoking, fire, and emergency instructions before arrival.
• Keep an available local response process for guest issues, neighbor concerns, alarms, utilities, and unsafe conditions.
• Document complaints, responses, repairs, and rule enforcement so repeated problems can be corrected.

Short-term room rentals are generally subject to CBJ sales tax and hotel-room tax, while platform collection does not remove every filing duty.

• CBJ publishes a 5% sales tax and 9% hotel-room tax for taxable stays under 30 days, totaling 14% under current rates.
• Confirm whether a marketplace facilitator collects and remits each tax for each booking channel and period.
• File required CBJ returns even when a platform remits tax, unless the Sales Tax Office confirms a different filing treatment.
• Reconcile gross rent, taxable charges, exemptions, platform reports, direct bookings, collected tax, and remitted tax each period.

Juneau underwriting should use the same parcel and address across property, zoning, permit, hazard, utility, and insurance checks.

• Use the CBJ Parcel Viewer to confirm ownership, parcel boundaries, assessed information, and mapped site context.
• Review CBJ flood, avalanche, landslide, drainage, coastal, and other hazard maps relevant to the address.
• Confirm road access, snow storage, emergency response, water, wastewater, and utility responsibilities for the site.
• Compare seller disclosures and inspection findings with municipal records and obtain professional review where conditions are unclear.

An unregistered live listing can trigger daily penalties, while investment results depend on the specific acquisition and operating plan.

• CBJ publishes a $100-per-day penalty for a live short-term-rental listing that is not properly registered.
• Resolve registration, tax, land-use, building, safety, and complaint issues before relying on future rental income.
• Build revenue from defensible nightly-rate and booked-night assumptions for the specific property, then stress-test vacancy and disruption.
• Include financing, taxes, insurance, utilities, cleaning, platform fees, maintenance, capital reserves, management, and compliance costs.

Use the office responsible for each decision and keep written answers with the property file.

• For STR registration and CBJ taxes, contact the Sales Tax Office at 907-586-5215 extension 4901 or Sales.Tax.Office@juneau.gov.
• For zoning, permits, and inspections, contact Community Development at 907-586-0770 or Permits@juneau.gov.
• For Alaska licensing, contact Business Licensing at 907-465-2550 or BusinessLicense@Alaska.Gov.
• STR Search can help compare candidate properties and setup plans. Book a Juneau property review. CBJ remains the authority for eligibility and approvals.

Official sources checked September 28, 2026. Reconfirm requirements before acquisition, registration, renewal, construction, or a material operating change.

• CBJ short-term rentals
• CBJ STR registration portal
• CBJ business registration and sales tax
• CBJ maps and GIS
• CBJ Parcel Viewer
• CBJ STR Starter Kit
• CBJ inspection requests
• CBJ permit portal
• Capital City Fire/Rescue inspections
• Alaska property-rental licensing FAQ
• Alaska Business Licensing
• Juneau hotel-room tax code