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Hotels & Lodging in Richland, WA (2026)

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

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Transient Occupancy Tax

Richland imposes a 4 percent special excise tax on lodging charged by hotels, motels, rooming houses, tourist courts and trailer camps under Municipal Code Section 5.35.010, collected by the Washington State Department of Revenue on the city's behalf. Stays of one month or longer are presumed a real property lease and fall outside the tax.

Richland Hotel Lodging Excise Tax

Some Restrictions

Richland Municipal Code §§ 5.35.010, 5.35.040

§ 5.35.010. Imposition of special excise tax. For the purposes set forth in Chapter 67.28 RCW and pursuant to and in accordance therewith, there is imposed and levied a special excise tax of four percent on the sale of or charge made for the furnishing of lodging by a hotel, rooming house, tourist court, motel, trailer camp, and the granting of any similar license to use real property, as disti...

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