Inspections, official requests, fines and losing the licence
What happens if the tourism inspectorate visits, how to answer a request from the Junta, what fines each breach carries and when your registration can be cancelled.
Can they take away my tourist licence?
Yes: the Junta can cancel the registration if the responsible declaration contained false or inaccurate essential information, if you stop meeting the requirements, if you do not offer the home in the declared periods or if the town hall reports that it does not comply with its planning rules. Always with a prior hearing and with a right of appeal.
Read the guideI have received a formal request from the Junta: what do I do?
Most often the Junta asks for the nota simple or the owners' association certificate after the home has been registered: you have 10 working days to provide them and, if not, cancellation proceedings are opened. How notifications arrive, why you must not leave them unopened and how to reply.
Read the guideWhat fines can I get if I break the rules?
Tourism fines range from a warning to €2,000 (minor), from €2,001 to €18,000 (serious) and from €18,001 to €150,000 (very serious). Not registering guests is penalised separately by the Ministry of the Interior. Which breach is which, who is answerable and how the fine is reduced.
Read the guideWhat happens if the Tourism inspectors check my flat?
The Junta's Tourism inspectorate can come as a visit or, much more often, as a written request for paperwork. What the inspector can look at, what rights you have, what each type of report means and why almost everything is settled by putting things right in time.
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