Hotels & Lodging in Cecil County, MD (2026)
1 rule for unincorporated Cecil County, Maryland.
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Note: These county rules apply to unincorporated areas of Cecil County. If you live within an incorporated city, that city's own rules apply: see the city list below.
Transient Occupancy Tax
Cecil County charges a 6% hotel rental tax on stays at hotels within the population centers the county has identified for the tax. The County Council imposed the rate by resolution at the request of the County Executive for fiscal year 2018, and § 337-36 keeps that rate in effect until the county or the state changes it.
Cecil County Hotel Rental Tax Rate
Some RestrictionsCecil County Code §§ 337-34, 337-36
§ 337-34. Imposition of tax; rate. A. The County Council, at the request of the County Executive, may impose, by resolution, a hotel rental tax. B. That the County hotel rental tax for the taxable year beginning July 1, 2017, and ending June 30, 2018, is hereby imposed on the population centers currently identified by the County and subject to the hotel rental tax. C. That the rate of County ho...
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