CIR and CIN in Sicily: the order, Turist@t and the fines for your vacation home

A vacation home in Sicily needs two codes, and the regional CIR comes before the national CIN. Sicily's regional system Turist@t assigns the CIR (Art. 1 D.A. 1783/2022) ⁵. The Ministry of Tourism assigns the CIN through its BDSR database (Art. 13-ter D.L. 145/2023) ¹. For regions with a code of their own, the Region converts the CIR into the CIN itself. You apply for the CIN on your own only if the Region assigns no code or does not convert it in time (Art. 13-ter paras. 2 and 3) ¹. Both codes belong in every listing. If the CIR is missing, the fine is 500 to 5,000 EUR, doubled for a repeat violation (Art. 9 D.A. 1783/2022) ⁵.

Current as of: November 2026

The order in Sicily: notice first, then CIR, then CIN

No single rule sets the order. It follows from several provisions:

1. Check the unit: cadastral registration, an energy performance certificate (APE) and conforming installations (Art. 35 para. 4 L.R. 6/2025) ³, plus working gas and carbon monoxide detectors and portable fire extinguishers (Art. 13-ter para. 7) ¹.
2. Report the rental to the municipality: if you do not rent as a business, you file a “comunicazione di inizio attività”, a notice of the start of activity, with the municipality's SUAP (Art. 35 para. 5 L.R. 6/2025) ³. If you rent as a business, you need a SCIA filed through the SUAP (Art. 13-ter para. 8; Allegato A paragraph 17) ¹⁹.
3. Register on Turist@t and receive the CIR: Art. 3 D.A. 1783/2022 requires vacation dwellings that have filed their notice with the municipality to register on Turist@t. You acquire the CIR when you are given your Turist@t access credentials (Art. 6) ⁵.
4. Receive the CIN: the Region converts the CIR and reports it to the Ministry (Art. 13-ter para. 2) ¹. According to the Ministry's FAQ, as trade associations reproduce it, you must hold a regional code that is provided for before you request the CIN ¹⁰. On July 10, 2024, the Region of Sicily announced the conversion of CIRs into CINs as the second phase of the BDSR ⁷.
5. Display both codes: the CIN outside the building and in every listing, the CIR in all listings.

Placing step 2 before step 3 is an interpretation: the wording of Art. 3 D.A. 1783/2022 still names the earlier “comunicazione di offerta di ospitalità”, not expressly the notice under Art. 35. The steps of the CIN application are in How to apply for the CIN for your vacation home in Sicily: step by step, with and without SPID, and The CIN for vacation rentals in Italy: who needs it, where it must appear and what Sicily adds gives an overview of the national code.

The CIR: basis and duties for landlords

The basis is decree D.A. 1783 of the Region of Sicily of July 27, 2022, “Istituzione del Codice Identificativo Regionale (CIR) delle strutture ricettive e degli alloggi per uso turistico”. It rests on Art. 13-quater paras. 7 and 8 D.L. 34/2019 and on Regional Law 27/1996 ⁵. According to the Region's press release of July 28, 2022, the CIR also covers vacation homes and short lets of under 30 days ⁶. These articles of the decree matter to a landlord ⁵:

• Art. 1: the Turist@t system assigns the CIR.
• Art. 3: vacation dwellings (alloggi per uso turistico) register on Turist@t.
• Art. 5(b): guest data go to Turist@t within 24 hours of arrival and of departure. Point (a) refers to Alloggiati Web, which Guest registration with the police for foreign owners: Alloggiati Web and Turist@t in Sicily explains.
• Art. 7: the CIR appears in advertising, marketing and booking details, clearly visible next to the name of the property, in the same size and typeface.
• Art. 8: for owners, the adjustment period is 30 days from the assignment of the CIR.
• Art. 9: a fine of 500 to 5,000 EUR, doubled for a repeat violation.

Fines for the CIR

The fine under Art. 9 D.A. 1783/2022 applies to breaches of Arts. 7 and 8, that is, a CIR missing from advertising and a missed adjustment deadline. Art. 13-quater para. 8 D.L. 34/2019 sets the same range ⁵². L.R. 6/2025 does not mention the CIR, and D.A. 1920/2026 lists decree 1783/2022 in its recitals ³⁸. If both codes are missing from a listing, the fines of both rules may apply. The CIN carries fines of its own, which CIN duty and fines for vacation rentals in Italy and what a breach costs in Sicily lays out. The daily statistics report to Turist@t is covered in Guest registration with the police for foreign owners: Alloggiati Web and Turist@t in Sicily.

Renting as a business without a SCIA costs 2,000 to 10,000 EUR (Art. 13-ter para. 9) ¹. The regional SCIA fine in Art. 38 para. 6 L.R. 6/2025 does not apply to lets under Art. 35 ³.

Notice to the Region, the two-unit threshold, Allegato B

Art. 35 L.R. 6/2025 governs “Locazioni turistiche”, that is, lets of up to 30 consecutive days. The notice to the SUAP is forwarded to the Region and includes a declaration on Art. 13-ter para. 7 D.L. 145/2023, meaning the detectors and extinguishers. Para. 6 requires payment of the tourist tax and daily transmission of guest data ³. Tourist tax in Sicily: who owes it and what Palermo, Catania, Siracusa and Taormina charge covers the tax.

Since 2026, a let counts as non-entrepreneurial only for no more than two units managed by the same operator: Art. 5 letter (h) L.R. 12/2026 replaced “non più di quattro” with “non più di due unità immobiliari” ⁴. D.A. 1920/2026 adopts the limit in Art. 2 ⁸. Cedolare secca 2026 in Sicily: 21% or 26%, two apartments at most covers the tax side.

Paragraph 17 of Allegato A to D.A. 2104 of June 25, 2025, coordinated with D.A. 2735 of August 8, 2025, requires a separate notice on the Allegato B model for each cadastral subalterno, a declaration on the condominium, and the adjustment of existing lets by June 30, 2026 ⁹. TAR Sicilia judgment no. 1268 of May 4, 2026 annulled twelve provisions of Allegato A, among them fireproof mattresses, English-speaking staff and defibrillators. None of them concerned paragraph 17. D.A. 1920/2026 implements the ruling in Art. 1 and leaves the SCIA unchanged ⁸.

2026 deadlines: June 30 and December 30

Art. 4 D.A. 1920/2026 replaces the ninth sentence of paragraph 17 of Allegato A ⁸. Existing lets adjust by June 30, 2026 and send Allegato B by PEC to servizioturistico.ct@certmail.regione.sicilia.it. A landlord who cannot yet attach the required documents because of the administrative and procedural timelines of the issuing offices, but can show that the procedures to obtain them have been started, also sends Allegato B by June 30, 2026 and the supplementary technical documents “entro e non oltre il 30 dicembre 2026”, no later than December 30, 2026. Otherwise the rental ends, and CIR and CIN are revoked (“pena la cessazione della struttura e la revoca dei relativi codici CIR e CIN”).

The 2026 Allegato B is addressed to the regional department ⁸. Art. 35 para. 5 L.R. 6/2025, by contrast, names the municipality's SUAP for the notice ³. D.A. 1920/2026 and L.R. 6/2025 do not say expressly how the two fit together. Ask your municipality's SUAP before you send anything. No extension of the June 30, 2026 deadline is known (as of November 1, 2026). Short-term rentals in Sicily: what changed in 2025 and 2026, in date order shows the timeline of changes since 2025.

Next step

First check where your property stands: is the rental reported to the municipality, is the property registered on Turist@t, and do you hold the CIR? Only then is it worth opening the BDSR, because the Region sets up the unit there with the converted CIR, and you apply for the CIN as described in How to apply for the CIN for your vacation home in Sicily: step by step, with and without SPID. As the landlord, you file the CIR, the CIN and the notice to the Region yourself. Terra Mia Immobiliare does not file applications for hosts. Once you have both codes, add them in the owner area of Terra Mia Immobiliare in the Basics step. The listing page shows them at the bottom. Costs arise only with a booking: a 16% commission plus VAT, and the guest pays you directly. The listing itself is free.

This guide summarizes the law as of November 1, 2026 in general terms and is not tax or legal advice. For your individual case, consult a commercialista or an avvocato in Italy.