Revocation of a certificate of registration.
Houston Code of Ordinances § 28-733
in effectSec. 28-733. - Revocation of a certificate of registration.
(a) The director may revoke a certificate of registration for any of the following reasons without refund of any portion of the required fee:
(1) The certificate of registration was issued in error;
(2) Any information provided in the application is false, misleading, incorrect, or incomplete;
(3) The registrant fails to supplement any change in information as required in section 28-731(c) of this Code;
(4) The registrant fails to timely report and pay or ensure payment of hotel occupancy taxes required under article III of chapter 44 of this Code and state law;
(5) Two or more instances when the City, after providing notice pursuant to section 10-452 of this Code, removes or abates a nuisance prescribed in section 10-451 of this Code at a property operating as a short-term rental;
(6) Two or more citations are issued over two separate occasions within a twelve-month period at the property registered as a short-term rental, whether the citations are issued to the owner, operator, or occupants, resulting in two or more convictions for violations of chapter 30 of this Code; or
(7) One or more convictions of the owner, operator, or any occupant of the property registered as a short-term rental for any of the following offenses occurring at the short-term rental:
a. Kidnapping, unlawful restraint, and smuggling of persons as described in Chapter 20 of the Texas Penal Code;
b. Reckless discharge of a firearm as prohibited by the Penal Code;
c. Trafficking of persons as described in Chapter 20A of the Texas Penal Code;
d. Prostitution as described by Section 43.02, Penal Code, solicitation of prostitution as described by Section 43.021, Penal Code, promotion of prostitution as described by Section 43.03, Penal Code, or aggravated promotion of prostitution as described by Section 43.04, Penal Code;
e. Compelling prostitution as prohibited by the Penal Code;
f. Aggravated assault as described by Section 22.02, Penal Code;
g. Sexual assault as described by Section 22.011, Penal Code;
h. Aggravated sexual assault as described by Section 22.021, Penal Code;
i. Continuous sexual abuse of young child or disabled individual as described by Section 21.02, Penal Code;
j. Sexual conduct or performance by a child as described by Section 43.25, Penal Code;
k. Employment harmful to a child as described by Section 43.251, Penal Code; or
l. Disorderly conduct as described by Section 42.01(a)(7) and (a)(8), Penal Code.
(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, if three (3) or more certificates of registration issued to the same owner or operator are revoked within any consecutive twenty-four (24) month period pursuant to subsection (a) of this section, the Director may initiate proceedings to revoke all remaining certificates of registration held by that property owner or operator. Such revocations shall be subject to the notice and hearing procedures established in section 28-735 of this Code.
(c) The director shall provide the applicant written notice of the revocation by certified mail, return receipt requested, to the mailing address of the registrant provided in the certificate of registration application, or by electronic mail to the email address provided by the registrant.
(d) A registrant whose certificate of registration has been revoked pursuant to items (2) through (7) of subsection (a) or subsection (b) of this section of this Code shall be ineligible to reapply for and receive a certificate of registration for the same short-term rental property for which the certificate of registration was revoked for the one-year period following the date that the certificate of registration was revoked.
(e) A registrant may appeal a decision to revoke a certificate of registration application as provided for under section 28-735 of this Code.
(Ord.No. 2025-322, § 2(Exh. A), 4-16-2025, eff. 1-1-2026; Memorandum of 4-22-2025)
Source: City of Houston, Code of Ordinances and City Charter (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/tx/houston/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=COOR_CH28MIOFPR_ARTXXIIISHRMRE_DIV2CERE_S28-733RECEREFetched: 10/26/2026