Short-Term Rentals in Daviess County, KY (2026)
1 rule for unincorporated Daviess County, Kentucky.
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Note: These county rules apply to unincorporated areas of Daviess County. If you live within an incorporated city, that city's own rules apply: see the city list below.
Taxes & Fees
Daviess County's transient room tax reaches anyone who brokers, coordinates, or otherwise arranges short-term lodging, not just hotels. Three layered levies under Code § 30.15 add up to a combined 6% on the rent for any stay under 30 days, collected and remitted to the County Fiscal Court by the platform or host acting as the collecting agent.
Daviess County Short-Term Rental Room Tax
Some RestrictionsDaviess County Code of Ordinances § 30.15(A)-(C)
(A)(1) ... there is imposed a special transient room tax of 1% on the rent for every occupancy of a suite, room or rooms ... charged by any hotel, motel, inn, tourist camp, tourist cabin, campgrounds, recreational vehicle parks, or any other place in which accommodations are regularly furnished to transients for consideration or by any person that facilitates the rental of the accommodations by...
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