Nuevo León's 2026 tourism law, for anyone managing short-term rentals in the state

The bill cleared the state congress's economy committee in March 2026, and its chair, Jesús Elizondo, told El Mexicano it also protects minors who check into these rentals or into hotels without their parents. The tourism ministry presented the finished law at the Palacio de Gobierno on May 19, as Info7 reported. We haven't yet found a date for when the registry opens, or a sign-up deadline.

Income tax and VAT withheld by platforms for the SAT are federal, so they work the same here as anywhere else in the country. We cover them on our nationwide page.

This is not legal or tax advice, and Upbridge does not file anything for you: no registrations and no tax returns.

In a condo building, the law wants the neighbors next door told that the unit takes guests. Somebody has to have that conversation before your first booking, and guests need the building's rules before they show up, because neighbors can file complaints about noise or trouble.

Emergency numbers have to be on display, and there has to be a direct contact channel for complaints. So every turnover includes checking the sign is still up, and whoever has a complaint, guest or neighbor, knows who to message without hunting you down.

Once a year you report the unit's occupancy rate. It's easier to log every stay, property by property, starting now than to piece the year together in December.

The law also includes protections for minors arriving without their parents. It helps to know who's coming before they're at the door.

You can make the emergency-numbers sign a required item in our photo cleaning checklists, so your cleaner can't finish without the photo. Every clean leaves a timestamped report, and since each checkout on your calendar creates its own task, every stay ends up with its clean on record. The yearly occupancy report is still yours to file.

For the complaints line and the building rules, we build a guest guide that opens on the guest's phone, in English or Spanish, with the condo rules, the emergency numbers and who to message.

To know who's arriving, online check-in has the guest upload their ID before they get there, and you can turn on a PIN and a rental agreement. It helps you run things, but it doesn't replace any registration the law asks of you.

If you manage homes in Monterrey or anywhere else in Nuevo León, or you run a cleaning crew, we can help keep every stay in order, from the photo of that sign to the instructions your guest reads on their phone.

Under the new law, condo neighbors can take noise or disorder complaints to the authorities, and your cleaner is the first person to see what an apartment looks like after a party. A timestamped photo of every room tells the owner what happened. The account for cleaning companies brings each owner's iCal or PMS into one calendar. Your clients stay yours, and we don't charge a commission on your work.

Monterrey

ABC Noticias reported that the law was signed with the 2026 World Cup in mind, and Monterrey was one of the host cities. What happened to Airbnb supply during the tournament, and where demand clusters, is on the Monterrey page.