# Florida Vacation Rental Licenses (DBPR Statewide) (`civicdataforge/fl-dbpr-vacation-rentals`) Actor Every state-licensed Florida vacation rental (Condo + Dwelling) from the official DBPR public-records extracts - ~174k licenses. Filter by county, city, status, type, name. - **URL**: https://apify.com/civicdataforge/fl-dbpr-vacation-rentals.md - **Developed by:** [Bryan](https://apify.com/civicdataforge) (community) - **Categories:** Real estate, Lead generation - **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks - **User rating**: No ratings yet ## Pricing Pay per usage This Actor is paid per platform usage. The Actor is free to use, and you only pay for the Apify platform usage, which gets cheaper the higher subscription plan you have. Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#pay-per-usage ## What's an Apify Actor? Actors are a software tools running on the Apify platform, for all kinds of web data extraction and automation use cases. In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours, and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store. In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server. Actors are written with capital "A". ## How to integrate an Actor? If asked about integration, you help developers integrate Actors into their projects. You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready. The best way to integrate Actors is as follows. In JavaScript/TypeScript projects, use official [JavaScript/TypeScript client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md): ```bash npm install apify-client ``` In Python projects, use official [Python client library](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md): ```bash pip install apify-client ``` In shell scripts, use [Apify CLI](https://docs.apify.com/cli/docs.md): ````bash # MacOS / Linux curl -fsSL https://apify.com/install-cli.sh | bash # Windows irm https://apify.com/install-cli.ps1 | iex ```bash In AI frameworks, you might use the [Apify MCP server](https://docs.apify.com/integrations/mcp.md). If your project is in a different language, use the [REST API](https://docs.apify.com/api/v2.md). For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below. For more details, see Apify documentation as [Markdown index](https://docs.apify.com/llms.txt) and [Markdown full-text](https://docs.apify.com/llms-full.txt). # README ## Florida Vacation Rental Licenses (DBPR Statewide) Every **state-licensed vacation rental in Florida** — straight from the official registry, not scraped listings. Florida requires vacation rentals (whole units rented more than 3×/year for <30 days, or held out as such) to be licensed by the **Department of Business & Professional Regulation (DBPR), Division of Hotels & Restaurants**. This Actor returns that license registry: **~174,000 vacation rental licenses** (Condos + Dwellings) statewide, filterable by county, city, status, license type, and name. ### What you get (unified schema) | field | example | |---|---| | `license_number` | `DWE1600123` / `CND1600033` | | `license_type` | `Vacation Rental - Condo` or `Vacation Rental - Dwelling` | | `status` | `Current` / `Delinquent` (+ `status_code` raw DBPR code) | | `name` | business name (falls back to licensee name) | | `licensee_name` | the licensed entity/person of record | | `address`, `city`, `county`, `state`, `zip` | property (location) address, not mailing | | `expires` | license expiry, ISO date | | `last_inspection` | most recent DBPR inspection date (where present) | | `rental_units` | number of rental units on the license | | `dbpr_district`, `source_url` | which DBPR district extract the record came from | | `raw` | the full original CSV row, verbatim | Nothing is invented: every field is carried verbatim from the DBPR extract (`raw` keeps the untouched source row). If DBPR doesn't publish a field, it's `null`. ### Who uses this - **STR operators & property managers** — verify "is this specific property state-licensed?" before signing, listing, or managing it. - **Compliance & enforcement vendors** — join state licensure onto Airbnb/Vrbo listing data; Florida cities can't ban rentals but CAN require the state license. - **Lenders, insurers & buyers** — underwrite on licensed status and expiry, not listing claims. - **Market analysts** — county-by-county supply of licensed condo vs. dwelling rentals. ### Input ```json { "county": "Orange", "status": "current", "licenseType": "dwelling", "maxRecords": 200 } ```` All filters optional; empty input returns statewide (cap with `maxRecords`, default 500). County/city matching is case- and punctuation-insensitive (`st johns` = `St. Johns`). ### Source & honesty notes - **Source:** DBPR Hotels & Restaurants ["Lodging — Public Records"](https://www2.myfloridalicense.com/hotels-restaurants/lodging-public-records/) CSV extracts (`hrlodge1.csv` … `hrlodge7.csv`), the division's own published database of active lodging licenses. Public records, accessed logged-out, no login/API key. DBPR refreshes these extracts on its own cadence (files are current-license snapshots, not real-time). - **Statewide = all 7 district files.** DBPR publishes by licensing-district office, and one county's records can appear in several district files — so this Actor always scans all 7 and filters, rather than guessing a county→district mapping. - **Status codes:** DBPR does not publish a code dictionary on the extract page. Verified empirically at build time (2026-07-19) across all 174,596 vacation-rental rows: primary status `20` ⇔ expiry date in the future (matches DBPR's glossary term **Current**); `45` ⇔ expiry in the past (**Delinquent** — "has not completed a timely renewal"). Any other code is passed through verbatim as-is, never guessed. `status_code` always carries the raw value. - **Partial-failure behavior:** if a district file fails to download after retries, the run continues with the remaining districts and flags a **loud PARTIAL RESULTS warning** in the log and run status — it never silently pretends to be statewide. - **One row per licensed location:** DBPR issues group/collective vacation-rental licenses that can cover multiple properties, and the extract carries one row per property address — so the same `license_number` can legitimately appear on several records with different addresses. This is the source's own structure, preserved verbatim (dedupe on `license_number` + `address` if you need unique rows). - **Scope:** state (DBPR) licenses only. City/county STR registration programs (e.g. Orlando, Miami Beach) are separate layers — see the STR Permit Registry actor for those. # Actor input Schema ## `county` (type: `string`): Filter to one Florida county by property location (e.g. Orange, Osceola, Dade, Monroe, St. Johns). Leave empty for statewide. ## `city` (type: `string`): Filter by property location city (e.g. Kissimmee, Orlando, Destin). Leave empty for all. ## `status` (type: `string`): Current = up to date with DBPR; Delinquent = license not renewed on time (expiry date has passed). ## `licenseType` (type: `string`): DBPR licenses vacation rentals as Condos (type 2006) or Dwellings (type 2007, incl. single-family homes & townhouses). ## `nameContains` (type: `string`): Case-insensitive substring match on the business name or licensee name. ## `maxRecords` (type: `integer`): Cap total records returned (statewide is ~174k). ## `proxyConfiguration` (type: `object`): The state site blocks plain datacenter traffic; Apify Proxy is used by default. Switch to residential if datacenter IPs get blocked. ## Actor input object example ```json { "county": "Orange", "status": "all", "licenseType": "all", "maxRecords": 200, "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": true } } ``` # API You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup. ## JavaScript example ```javascript import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client'; // Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token // Replace the '' with your token const client = new ApifyClient({ token: '', }); // Prepare Actor input const input = { "county": "Orange", "maxRecords": 200, "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": true } }; // Run the Actor and wait for it to finish const run = await client.actor("civicdataforge/fl-dbpr-vacation-rentals").call(input); // Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any) console.log('Results from dataset'); console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`); const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems(); items.forEach((item) => { console.dir(item); }); // 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs ``` ## Python example ```python from apify_client import ApifyClient # Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token # Replace '' with your token. client = ApifyClient("") # Prepare the Actor input run_input = { "county": "Orange", "maxRecords": 200, "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": True }, } # Run the Actor and wait for it to finish run = client.actor("civicdataforge/fl-dbpr-vacation-rentals").call(run_input=run_input) # Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any) print("💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/" + run["defaultDatasetId"]) for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items(): print(item) # 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start ``` ## CLI example ```bash echo '{ "county": "Orange", "maxRecords": 200, "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": true } }' | apify call civicdataforge/fl-dbpr-vacation-rentals --silent --output-dataset ``` ## MCP server setup ```json { "mcpServers": { "apify": { "command": "npx", "args": [ "mcp-remote", "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=civicdataforge/fl-dbpr-vacation-rentals", "--header", "Authorization: Bearer " ] } } } ``` ## OpenAPI specification ```json { "openapi": "3.0.1", "info": { "title": "Florida Vacation Rental Licenses (DBPR Statewide)", "description": "Every state-licensed Florida vacation rental (Condo + Dwelling) from the official DBPR public-records extracts - ~174k licenses. 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Leave empty for statewide." }, "city": { "title": "City", "type": "string", "description": "Filter by property location city (e.g. Kissimmee, Orlando, Destin). Leave empty for all." }, "status": { "title": "License status", "enum": [ "all", "current", "delinquent" ], "type": "string", "description": "Current = up to date with DBPR; Delinquent = license not renewed on time (expiry date has passed).", "default": "all" }, "licenseType": { "title": "License type", "enum": [ "all", "condo", "dwelling" ], "type": "string", "description": "DBPR licenses vacation rentals as Condos (type 2006) or Dwellings (type 2007, incl. single-family homes & townhouses).", "default": "all" }, "nameContains": { "title": "Name contains", "type": "string", "description": "Case-insensitive substring match on the business name or licensee name." }, "maxRecords": { "title": "Max records", "minimum": 1, "type": "integer", "description": "Cap total records returned (statewide is ~174k).", "default": 500 }, "proxyConfiguration": { "title": "Proxy", "type": "object", "description": "The state site blocks plain datacenter traffic; Apify Proxy is used by default. 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