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Stricter rental control in Montenegro: what property owners need to know

Montenegro is strengthening control over unregistered accommodation ahead of the summer tourist season.

Minister and Head of the Coordination Body for inspection monitoring, Milutin Butorović, presented an Action Plan to Prime Minister Milojko Spajić.

The document serves as a roadmap for regulating the tourism market and includes:

— stronger inspection control;

— improved coordination between authorities;

— digitalization of monitoring processes.

Special focus is placed on combating the shadow economy, including:

— unregistered accommodation;

— undeclared labor;

— unregistered tourism service providers.

Additional control will be enforced in coastal areas and national parks.

These measures are expected to:

— increase state revenues;

— reduce unfair competition;

— improve the quality of tourism services.

What this means in practice

For property owners, this signals increased control over rentals and stricter requirements for legal use of real estate.

It is important to understand:

properties undergoing legalization or falling under legalization laws may have limitations on their use.

This means:

ownership of a property ≠ the right to rent it out.

Important note

These restrictions do not apply to personal use of the property.

Conclusion

These changes represent a systemic effort to bring the rental market into the legal framework.

In this context, it becomes critical to ensure not only that documents exist, but that the legal status of the property and its use is properly structured.

Source: https://bokanews.me/u-fokusu-suzbijanje-neregistrovanog-smjestaja/
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