Central Missouri / Missouri River Corridor
A Columbia rental is a city compliance item
Rental housing in Columbia has city licensing and inspection rules, which is separate from ordinary Boone County property-tax and assessor paperwork.
Near campus and across Columbia neighborhoods, a rental house is more than ordinary Boone County property paperwork. Rental units inside Columbia sit in the city’s compliance system. Certificates and inspections sit on top of county taxes, assessment, and deed records.
The Rental Unit Conservation Law update took effect January 1, 2025. Certificates run for five years, and inspections happen at renewal. The city record belongs in the file when a house is bought, leased, or passed from one landlord to another.
A clean county tax account does not answer the rental question. Use county records for ownership, value, and taxes. Use Columbia rental compliance for whether the unit can keep operating as a rental inside city limits.
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Where this fits: this note belongs to Boone County. See every local note for the county on its page.