NRUA
Número de Registro Único de Arrendamientos — Spain's national short-term rental number
Definition
The NRUA was the national registration number that Royal Decree 1312/2024 required for short-term and seasonal rentals — whole homes and rooms — advertised on online platforms, from 1 July 2025. In May 2026 the Supreme Court annulled that registration procedure.
Why it matters
The Court held that the State had no competence to create a national register overlapping the regional ones. The obligation to obtain the number through the property registry fell with it.
Not everything went: the Digital Single Window and the platforms' data-sharing duties under the EU short-term rental regulation were upheld. Platforms still report; hosts still leave a data trail.
Nothing regional changed. In Catalonia a tourist flat or shared home still needs its entry in the Catalan tourism register — and many guides written before May 2026 still describe the NRUA as mandatory.
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