Short-Term Rentals in Kirkland, WA (2026)

RCW 64.37.050

A short-term rental operator must maintain primary liability insurance to cover the short-term rental dwelling unit in the aggregate of not less than one million dollars or conduct each short-term rental transaction through a platform that provides equal or greater primary liability insurance coverage. Nothing in this section prevents an operator or a platform from seeking contributions from an...

Kirkland Municipal Code KMC 7.02.300(3)

(3) Short-term rental agreements shall include provisions encouraging renters to exercise best efforts to avoid conflicts with neighbors related to issues such as noise, littering, parking and trespass, and the owner and authorized agent of the owner of a short-term residential unit shall be jointly responsible to the city for exercising best efforts to help ensure such conflicts are avoided as...

KMC 7.02.310; KMC 5.19.010

It shall be the responsibility of the person owning a residential unit used for a short-term rental to ensure the lodging excise tax provided for by Chapter 5.19 is timely paid. ... There is hereby levied a lodging excise tax of one percent, collection of which shall begin as soon as possible pursuant to State Department of Revenue requirements, but not later than January 1, 2002, upon the sale...

Kirkland Municipal Code KMC 7.02.300(6); Kirkland Zoning Code KZC 115.65(4)(j)(5)

(6) The owners and authorized agents of owners of detached dwelling units that are the subject of short-term rental agreements are jointly responsible for ensuring compliance with the parking provisions applicable to bed and breakfast houses set forth in the Zoning Code. [KZC 115.65(4)(j)(5)]: The applicant may be required to provide up to one (1) parking stall per guest room. The applicant sha...

Kirkland Municipal Code KMC 7.02.300(4), (5)

(4) There may be no more than two short-term rental agreements in effect at a single detached dwelling unit at any one time. (5) The owners and authorized agents of owners of detached dwelling units that are the subject of short-term rental agreements are jointly responsible for ensuring compliance with all applicable city Zoning Code requirements, including those related to the number of unrel...

RCW 64.37.050 Liability insurance

RCW 64.37.050 Liability insurance. A short-term rental operator must maintain primary liability insurance to cover the short-term rental dwelling unit in the aggregate of not less than one million dollars or conduct each short-term rental transaction through a platform that provides equal or greater primary liability insurance coverage. Nothing in this section prevents an operator or a platform...

Kirkland Municipal Code KMC 7.02.300(2), (4)

(2) Short-term rentals not exceeding a total of one hundred twenty days per year are permitted when (A) an owner or an authorized agent of the owner occupies all or a portion of the short-term rental as his or her primary residence for a total of at least two hundred forty-five days per year and (B) a property manager identified to both the city and all short-term renters is continuously availa...

Kirkland Municipal Code KMC 7.02.300(1), (2)(B)

(1) Short-term rentals are freely permitted as they relate to frequency and total number of days per year when an owner or authorized agent of an owner continuously occupies a portion of a short-term rental as his or her primary residence. (2) Short-term rentals not exceeding a total of one hundred twenty days per year are permitted when ... (B) a property manager identified to both the city an...

Kirkland Municipal Code KMC 7.02.300(1), (2)(A)

(1) Short-term rentals are freely permitted as they relate to frequency and total number of days per year when an owner or authorized agent of an owner continuously occupies a portion of a short-term rental as his or her primary residence. (2) Short-term rentals not exceeding a total of one hundred twenty days per year are permitted when (A) an owner or an authorized agent of the owner occupies...

Kirkland Municipal Code KMC 7.02.300(2)

(2) Short-term rentals not exceeding a total of one hundred twenty days per year are permitted when (A) an owner or an authorized agent of the owner occupies all or a portion of the short-term rental as his or her primary residence for a total of at least two hundred forty-five days per year and (B) a property manager identified to both the city and all short-term renters is continuously availa...