🎯 STRisker: Bulletin - Slovakia
New rules require all hosts to obtain a registration number before listing with fines of up to €1,000 apply from March 2027.
Slovakia Mandates STR Registration From 2027 as Parliament Passes National Database Law
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Slovakia's parliament passed legislation early this June requiring all short-term rental hosts to register with a new national database before listing their properties. Fines of up to €1,000 apply to individual hosts who do not comply with enforcement beginning in March 2027.
Parliamentary Print 1223 which is formally titled the Act on the Register of Units for the Provision of Short-Term Accommodation Rental Services was submitted to the National Council in late March 2026 and was approved on Tuesday. The law requires all hosts offering short-term accommodation to obtain a registration number before listing their property: existing hosts have until 28 February 2027 to complete the process while new hosts from 1 March 2027 must register before welcoming their first guests. Under the new system, hosts must update any changes to their registration details within 30 days and remove properties from the register if they permanently stop offering accommodation. The law officially enters into force on 1 January 2027.
The registration obligation applies to individual hosts as well as professional operators and property managers advertising through platforms. Hosts who fail to register are liable for fines between €100 and €1,000 with businesses and online platforms facing substantially higher penalties and repeat offenders subject to escalating fines. Under the wider EU framework, authorities have the power to halt registrations, remove non-compliant listings, or impose fines on platforms where necessary.
The Slovak government states the measure will improve transparency and help authorities better understand the impact of short-term rentals on housing availability and rental prices. The register will also serve as Slovakia's central digital contact point for STR data which is the structure required under EU Regulation 2024/1028. That regulation came into force in May 2024 and applies across EU member states from 20 May 2026; it mandates standardized data-sharing from platforms and introduces a digital registration system for hosts.
The Slovak law makes no provision for night caps, primary residence requirements, or supply restrictions and limits itself strictly to registration and data transparency obligations. Operators should monitor publication of the implementing regulation accompanying Parliamentary Print 1223 which will set out the technical specifications for registration and data submission.
⦾ Law in force: 1 January 2027
⦾ Registration deadline (existing hosts): 28 February 2027
⦾ New hosts: Must register before first guest, from 1 March 2027
⦾ Registration required: Yes, national register; number must be displayed on listings
⦾ Detail update obligation: Within 30 days of any change
⦾ Night cap: Not addressed by this law
⦾ Penalty (hosts): €100–€1,000; higher for repeat offenses
⦾ Penalty (businesses/platforms): Higher sanctions; exact ceiling not publicly specified
⦾ Enforcement begins: March 2027
⦾ Platform responsibility: Yes, platforms subject to enhanced sanctions; data verification and monthly reporting obligations apply under EU Regulation 2024/1028 from May 2026
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