Hotels & Lodging in Bay County, FL (2026)
1 rule for unincorporated Bay County, Florida.
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Note: These county rules apply to unincorporated areas of Bay County. If you live within an incorporated city, that city's own rules apply: see the city list below.
Transient Occupancy Tax
Bay County levies a five percent tourist development tax on hotels, motels and any rental of living quarters for six months or less within the special tax district. The tax stacks the original two percent with later additions and is collected through the clerk of the circuit court.
Bay County Tourist Development Tax Rate
Some RestrictionsBay County Code of Ordinances §§ 14-38(a), 14-44(a)
There shall be levied and imposed throughout the tax district a tourist development tax of two percent of each dollar and major fraction of each dollar of the total consideration charged every person for the lease or rental of living quarters or accommodation as authorized by the Local Option Tourist Development Tax Act (F.S. § 125.0104)...for a term of six months or less. ... the tourist devel...
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