Short-term landlords in Spain.
The Royal Decree 1312/2024, which came into force on January 2, 2026, establishes a new obligation for all landlords of properties, whether tourist or not, who offer short-term rental contracts and advertise them on online platforms.
This new obligation requires installing software on their computer, installing their digital certificate, and reporting each and every short-term rental they have had annually. This report includes the tenants’ identities and the number of days the property was rented.
This represents a further step by the EU towards bringing individuals with one or more properties under full administrative control. Now, landlords must submit this report annually through an application that must be installed on their computer via the property registry.
As I mentioned, this procedure not only complicates and hinders short-term rentals for individuals who may only have one rental property, but this obligation applies to everyone, even those with only one property.
For now, according to this government decree, failure to submit this annual identification list with the total number of rentals will result in the loss of the NRUA (Single Rental Registry Number), meaning the revocation of the NRUA and the inability to market the property on online platforms.
What happens if your NRUA has been revoked and you continue to rent and advertise your property online? You could face fines of up to 60,000 euros.
