Canary Islands Police Are Already Inspecting Holiday Rental Homes in Fuerteventura: These Are the 11 Documents They Can Demand

Article updated on 17 October 2026. The Supreme Court annulled the Single Rental Register (document 6) after this inspection. Law 7/2026 has set 31 July 2027 as the deadline to file the prior notification of classified activity. We have also corrected the amount of the sanctions.

Inspections are already a reality in Fuerteventura

If you have a holiday rental home in Fuerteventura and have not yet regularised all your documentation, this article is for you. The Administrative Surveillance and Inspection Unit of the Canary Islands Police is already carrying out in-person inspections of holiday rental homes in the municipality of La Oliva, and officers arrive without warning.

A recent inspection record (file ADM-1999-2026.1) drawn up on 15 April 2026 in Corralejo reflects a visit to an active holiday rental home, with the distinctive plaque visible outside, listed on Booking with a licence number. Despite apparently being operational, the owner was served with a demand to provide 11 documents within 10 calendar days.

This is no longer a warning about the future. It is the present.

The 11 documents inspectors demand

According to the record drawn up by the Canary Islands Police, these are the documents demanded of the owner:

1. Declaración responsable for the start of the activity

The basic enabling document to operate as a holiday rental home in the Canary Islands. Without it, the activity has no legal cover from day one.

2. Habitability certificate for the property

It proves that the home meets the minimum habitability conditions. In more recent homes, the licence or declaration of first occupancy serves that purpose. It determines the home's maximum capacity, and exceeding it is prohibited.

3. Planning compatibility certificate

Issued by the town hall, it certifies that holiday tourist use is compatible with the property's planning classification. Particularly relevant in areas of high tourist density.

4. Registration of the start of classified activities with the Town Hall

A holiday rental home is a classified activity. The Canary Islands Government maintains that it already was under Decree 113/2015, and Law 6/2025 says so expressly. It requires a prior notification to the town hall, accompanied by a technical report.

If you have a declaración responsable but did not file this notification, Law 7/2026 gives you until 31 July 2027. After that date the activity must cease.

5. Census declaration of economic activities in the Canary Islands (Form 400)

A tax procedure with the Canary Islands Tax Agency (ATC) to register for the activity for IGIC purposes.

6. Single Rental Register

It was the national register created by Royal Decree 1312/2024, and on the date of the record it was still required. The Supreme Court annulled it in May 2026 (STS 620/2026), so it is no longer mandatory. What is still mandatory is the Canary Islands General Tourism Register number in all adverts. We explain it in this article.

7. Hospitality register: latest submission to the State Security Forces

A legal obligation to notify guests' data to the National Police or Guardia Civil within 24 hours of their arrival. Inspectors check that this is being actively done.

8. Guest register for the three months before the inspection

The full history of travellers who stayed in the last three months, with all the data required by the regulation on the control of entry and stay of foreigners. This includes first name, surname, ID document, nationality and arrival and departure dates.

9. Civil liability insurance

A current policy covering possible damage to third parties arising from the holiday activity. Inspectors ask for it, so it is advisable that the policy expressly mention the tourist use of the home.

10. Latest fire extinguisher and pest control certificate

Documentation proving maintenance of the installed extinguishers (with the annual inspection up to date) and the absence of pests, also through an authorised company.

11. Complaint forms

They must be kept in the home, available to guests, in the official model of the tourism rules (article 16 of Decree 113/2015).

What happens if you cannot provide the documentation?

The record makes the procedure very clear: the owner has 10 calendar days to provide the documentation available. After that period, if officers find non-compliance with the tourism rules, they propose a sanction to the competent Authority.

The fines under Canary Islands Tourism Law 7/1995 are:

Minor infringements: a warning or a fine of up to €1,500. For example, advertising the home without a registration number or marketing stays without meeting the legal requirements.
Serious infringements: €1,501 to €30,000. For example, failing to answer the inspection's documentation requests or having inaccurate or omitted data in the declaración responsable.
Very serious infringements: €30,001 to €300,000, with possible suspension or closure.

To this is added the serious planning offence introduced by Law 6/2025: continuing tourist use once the title has ended, with a fine of €15,000 to €150,000.

Note: not answering the inspection's request is in itself a serious infringement. If you are missing a document, provide what you have within the deadline and explain what you are processing.

The most delicate point: technical documentation

Among all the documents demanded, some cannot be obtained immediately without the involvement of a competent professional. Specifically:

The habitability certificate, if you do not have it, requires technical documentation of the home.
The planning compatibility certificate may require technical documentation of the property.
The prior notification of classified activity requires a technical report signed by a competent professional, with plans of the current state and photographs, justifying compliance with the classified-activities rules. Law 7/2026 also requires a municipal certificate on the home's planning status.

This technical report is one of the documents that most owners still have pending, and the one that can take longest if not handled in time. The deadline to file it ends on 31 July 2027.

How can you get in order before they come to your door?

The key is to act now, before receiving a visit from inspectors. These are the recommended steps:

Review your current situation by checking which documents you have in order and which you lack
Check your declaración responsable. If you do not have one, note that since Law 6/2025 a new holiday rental home is only possible where municipal planning expressly allows it
Commission the technical report from a competent professional and file the prior notification of classified activity at the town hall before 31 July 2027
Activate the hospitality system to notify guests' data to the security forces
Take out specific civil liability insurance for holiday rental homes if you do not have it
Check your extinguishers and make sure the annual inspection is up to date

At FuerteProyecto we help you get in order

At FuerteProyecto we are technicians specialised in holiday rental homes in Fuerteventura and Lanzarote. We know first-hand the requirements that inspectors and the town halls of La Oliva, Puerto del Rosario and Tías demand.

We write the technical report needed for the classified-activities register, coordinate the technical certificates you need and guide you at every step of the regularisation process.

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If you want to know which documents you are missing and how to get them, contact us with no obligation:

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