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Registration / Columbus · 2027

Registration

This is a plain summary of Columbus City Code Chapter 4515, not legal advice. [S01]

Covers one or more rented residential units in the City of Columbus. No small-owner exemption from registration is listed. An owner-occupied double is not a listed exemption; treatment of the rented half and how the form counts units is unverified. [S01]

Select an exemption only if its stated chapter applies to the entire portion counted above. For mixed buildings, assess each portion separately. These answers do not check whether registration has already been filed. [S01]

Confirm the city and enter unit counts to check the 2027 requirements. [S01]

Initial registration: 2026-10-01 through 2026-12-31 for 2027. Subsequent renewal dates are unverified. Changes to required information, ownership transfer, and newly rented property have 30-day update/registration requirements. [S01]

Late registration: 10% of annual fees up to 120 days late; 20% at 120+ days late. Exactly day 120 is unclear; ask BZS. [S03] This late fee is separate from the $2/unit/day civil penalty for failure to comply with a Notice of Violation by its stated date; the notice states when penalties may begin. [S01]

Gather for registration (§4515.05) [S01]
  • Parcel IDs; property address and complex name; dwelling/unit counts [S01]
  • Owner name, mailing address, phone and email; entity representative contact details if applicable [S01]
  • Local Operator contact details or small-owner certification; qualifying Ohio real-estate license number if applicable [S01]
  • Separate emergency contact if applicable [S01]
  • Shared mechanical systems and locations; egress/common-area details; number of multi-unit residential ponds [S01]
  • Affirmation that critical systems operate and comply with housing, health and fire codes [S01]
  • Other information required by Building and Zoning Services [S01]

These are statutory requirements, not observed portal fields. Actual form, uploads and payment workflow are unverified. [S01, S04–S06]

The rental signup portal and an operating public rental-registry search/feed are unverified. Contact Building and Zoning Services for the application. [S01, S04–S08]

Parcel prefill is unavailable because county parcel reuse permission is unclear; enter and verify your details with the county. This summary uses your answers.

Sources read 2026-10-03: S01 · S02 · S03 · S04 · S05 · S06 · S07 · S08. S01 is the enacted ordinance; S02/S03 establish the adopted fee schedule. S05 is a portal shell with rental use unverified; S06 is a candidate URL that returned 404; S07/S08 are city data inventories, with no rental-registry layer identified in those checks.

01 / Pricing note

Asking rent and HUD benchmark

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HUD Small Area Fair Market Rent, FY2027: a HUD payment benchmark, not an appraisal of your unit.

02 / Public record

Code cases at this address

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    City of Columbus code-enforcement cases (public domain, CC0), updated nightly. A case means the city opened a file; it is not a finding that a violation exists.

    03 / Lease calendar

    Renewal

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    04 / Email preview

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    • New city caseA new code case is filed at this address.
    • Renewal reminder60 days before the lease ends.
    • New HUD benchmarkThe loaded HUD benchmark is FY2027.

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