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Hotels & Lodging in Edmonds, WA (2026)

1 verified hotels & lodging rules for Edmonds, Washington, sourced directly from the municipal code and official government pages.

Verified from official government sources

Transient Occupancy Tax

Edmonds levies a 2 percent special excise tax on lodging sold by hotels, motels, tourist courts and trailer camps under ECC 3.34.010, collected by the Washington State Department of Revenue as the city's agent. Stays of one month or more are presumed a rental or lease and fall outside the tax. Revenue funds the city's tourism promotion fund.

Edmonds 2% Lodging Tax on Hotels

Some Restrictions

Edmonds City Code § 3.34.010

There is hereby levied a special excise tax of two percent on the sale of or charge made for the furnishing of lodging by a hotel, tourist court, motel, trailer camp, and the granting of any similar license to use real property, as distinguished from the renting or leasing of real property; provided, however, that it shall be presumed that the occupancy of real property for a continuous period...

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