27/05/2026
Airbnb spent a few million euros putting everything in place to support the 53 character NRUA registration numbers, so they did not get fined another €60M for allowing lots of illegal rentals, so of course their system is still asking hosts for their NRUA registration numbers as it's not that easy to untangle all the software they installed to keep them out of the Spanish courts.
🚨 Airbnb is still asking for NRA numbers the Registry is no longer issuing
We’ve discovered a new practical problem for owners trying to publish properties on Airbnb in Spain.
As we're sure you're all aware by now, following recent Supreme Court rulings, the national NRA procedure has been annulled. We have now received an official notification from the Mazarrón Land Registry refusing to process a new NRA application on that basis. Fair enough, no?
The issue now is that Airbnb is still asking for the national registration number before allowing listings to go live.
So, in plain English:
A property may have its valid Murcia tourism licence.
It may be compliant at regional level.
But it may still be blocked by Airbnb because their system is asking for a national number that the Registry is no longer issuing.
This is not a normal missing-document issue. It appears to be a platform workflow that has not yet caught up with the legal change.
We are now raising this through Airbnb’s formal Platform-to-Business complaint process and asking them to provide a clear route for owners with valid regional tourism licences.
We’ll keep monitoring this and update owners as soon as there is a practical route forward.