The Supreme Court has handed down Judgement Nr. 620/2026, 19th May (reported in the media on 21 May), in which it has definitively annulled the obligation to obtain the Unique Short-Term Rental Registration Number (NRUA). The Supreme Court concluded that the central Government overstepped the autonomous communities’ competence
s by attempting to impose a national registry on top of those already in operation in the islands. It is worth highlighting that the Supreme Court itself used the Canary Islands as a key argument for annulling the national registry.
Whether you are a property owner or not, I’m sure you’ve been following the Holiday Let (Vivienda Vacacional) debacle with interest. Since the Canarian Government finally issued regulations back in 2015, Decreto 113/2015, 22nd May after years of an unofficial standoff, the law has been heavily criticized, mainly because it was full of discriminatory clauses that excluded many property owners from exercising their right to legally let their properties under this system, never mind the grey areas that were difficult to interpret and portions that made no sense whatsoever!
