In short
- The national registration number (NRUA, also called NRA) is no longer required to advertise a tourist, seasonal or room rental in Spain.
- If you already had one, you don’t need to do anything with it. The annual data filing that came with it has also fallen away.
- There is no automatic refund of the fees. The only route is a state liability claim, with a one-year deadline.
- Your regional tourist licence, community approval where it applies and guest registration are all still required.
On 19 May 2026, Spain’s Supreme Court (ruling 620/2026) annulled the national Single Rental Registry that Royal Decree 1312/2024 had made compulsory from 1 July 20251. If you want the legal analysis, read what changes now that the NRUA is gone. This article is the practical side: the questions owners and managers have been asking us since.
Your number and your listings
Do I still need the NRUA to advertise my flat?
No. The ruling annuls the registry, the number and the duty to display it. Platforms can no longer require it to publish a listing or take a listing down for not having it2.
What you do need, if you let to tourists, is a licence or entry in your regional tourism register. Its code is what Airbnb and Booking ask for now.
I already got the number. Do I need to cancel it?
No action is needed. With the procedure annulled, the number no longer has any legal effect: you don’t have to renew it, keep it up to date or deregister it. None of the sources we reviewed suggest owners need to do anything with numbers already issued.
Do check your listings, though. If you entered the national number in the registration field, replace it with your regional licence code.
My listing was removed for not having the number. How do I get it back?
If the missing national number was the only reason and your regional licence is valid, there is no basis for keeping it blocked. Go to your listing settings, enter your regional code in the registration field and, if it doesn’t reactivate on its own, ask platform support to review it, quoting that code.
If it was removed because the property has no tourist licence, the ruling doesn’t help: that requirement is regional and still stands.
Does this also cover seasonal lets and rooms?
Yes. The national registry applied to all short-term rentals, seasonal lets and rooms included, and the annulment covers them too3.
What still applies depends on the type of let. A seasonal let is a contract under article 3 of Spain’s Urban Leases Act, for a temporary purpose such as work or study4. If in practice you are letting by the night to tourists, your region will treat it as a tourist rental and require a licence. Rooms for tourists depend on each region: some allow them with their own rules, others don’t.
Fees and the annual filing
Can I get back what I paid to register?
Not automatically. The ruling doesn’t order any refund and, as lawyer Alejandro Fuentes-Lojo has criticised, more than a month after publication neither the Government nor the Association of Property Registrars had set up a simple way to claim5.
The available route is a state liability claim against the Administration. Annulling a regulation does not in itself create a right to compensation: you would have to prove actual, quantifiable and individual harm6.
What is the deadline, and is it worth it?
The general deadline is one year from publication of the ruling (article 67.1 of Law 39/2015)7. The ruling appeared in the BOE on 8 June 2026, so plan around that date and confirm the exact deadline with a lawyer.
As for whether it pays: for one or two properties the fees are usually small compared with the time and cost of claiming. For a manager with many units, or if there was greater harm such as weeks of blocked listings, it may make more sense. Run the numbers first.
Do I have to file the annual rental report?
I already filed in February 2026. Is that a problem?
No. You filed under the rules in force at the time and it has no negative consequences for you8.
If it helps, here is a quick cheat sheet for your situation:
| Your situation | What to do now |
|---|---|
| Regional licence plus national number | Stop using the national number. Show your regional code on every listing. |
| Licensed, but listing removed over the number | Enter your regional code and ask the platform to reinstate the listing. |
| Annual filing still pending | Don’t file it. The obligation has lapsed. |
| You paid registration fees | If you want to claim, see a lawyer before one year has passed from 8 June 2026. |
| No tourist licence | You can’t advertise as a tourist rental. Start with your regional licence. |
What is still required
What do I need today to let my flat to tourists?
The same as before the national registry: a licence or entry in your regional tourism register, compliance with your city’s planning rules and guest registration. We break it down by region in which registration you need for Airbnb and Booking.
Do I still need my owners’ association to approve it?
Yes, if you are starting now. Since 3 April 2025, turning a flat into a tourist rental requires the prior, express approval of the owners’ association, by three fifths of the owners who also hold three fifths of the shares (article 17.12 of the Horizontal Property Act)9. Properties already operating before that date are not affected.
And guest registration?
Still compulsory. You must report each guest’s details through SES.Hospedajes under Royal Decree 933/2021, which has nothing to do with the annulled registry3.
The ruling removes a formality, not the rules. Advertising a tourist rental without a regional licence is still an offence, and fines are set by the regions. We cover it in what you can still be fined for.
Platforms, data and what may come next
Do platforms still send my data to the authorities?
Could the Government create a new national registry?
The ruling doesn’t stop the State from coordinating or centralising information, as long as it respects the regions’ powers11. What it can’t do is impose a second registry that duplicates the regional ones. So far, the Ministry of Housing’s response has been to ask the regions to speed up checks on tourist and seasonal rentals3. If the rules change, we’ll update this article.
Your next step
With the national formality out of the way, what’s left in your hands is making the listing perform. If it was blocked for weeks, it will have lost ground in search, so relaunch it with strong photos, copy and pricing.
- Replace the national number with your regional code on Airbnb, Booking and every other channel.
- Check the listing is live and the calendar is open.
- Review your cover photo, title and seasonal prices: they’re the first things the algorithm looks at when it starts showing you again.
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Sources
- General Council of the Judiciary, press release, 21 May 2026. El Tribunal Supremo anula el Registro Único de arrendamientos de corta duración (Spanish).
- Garrigues, Hospitality & Leisure Law Blog. The Supreme Court annuls the Single Registry for Vacation Rentals.
- idealista/news, 21 May 2026. El Supremo tumba el registro único de alquiler de corta duración (Spanish).
- BOE. Law 29/1994 on Urban Leases, article 3 (Spanish).
- Alejandro Fuentes-Lojo, Hay Derecho, 1 July 2026. La anulación por el Tribunal Supremo del Registro Único de Arrendamientos de corta duración (Spanish).
- Iberley. La nulidad del Registro Único Estatal de Arrendamientos (Spanish).
- BOE. Law 39/2015 on Common Administrative Procedure, article 67.1 (Spanish).
- Esteban Asesores, 25 May 2026. Anulación del NRUA y del informe anual de alquileres (Spanish).
- BOE. Law 49/1960 on Horizontal Property, article 17.12, as amended by Organic Law 1/2025 (Spanish).
- EUR-Lex. Regulation (EU) 2024/1028 of 11 April 2024.
- Alquiler Vivienda Vacacional. La nulidad del Registro Único de arrendamientos: preguntas y respuestas (Spanish).
This article is for information only and is not legal advice. Reviewed on 25 September 2026.