Short-Term Rentals in Denton County, TX (2026)

Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts, Hotel Occupancy Tax (Tex. Tax Code Ch. 156)

Hotel owners, operators or managers must collect state hotel occupancy tax from their guests who rent a room or space in a hotel costing $15 or more each day. The tax applies not only to hotels and motels, but also to bed and breakfasts, condominiums, apartments and houses. Persons leasing their houses must collect hotel occupancy tax from their customers in the same way a hotel or motel collec...

Texas Penal Code, Sec. 42.01 (Disorderly Conduct)

Sec. 42.01. DISORDERLY CONDUCT. (a) A person commits an offense if he intentionally or knowingly: ...(5) makes unreasonable noise in a public place...or in or near a private residence that he has no right to occupy. (c) For purposes of this section: ...(2) a noise is presumed to be unreasonable if the noise exceeds a decibel level of 85 after the person making the noise receives notice from a m...

Texas Tax Code, Sec. 351.002-351.003 (Municipal Hotel Occupancy Taxes)

Sec. 351.002. TAX AUTHORIZED. (a) A municipality by ordinance may impose a tax on a person who, under a lease, concession, permit, right of access, license, contract, or agreement, pays for the use or possession or for the right to the use or possession of a room that is in a hotel, costs $2 or more each day, and is ordinarily used for sleeping. (c) The tax does not apply to a person who is a p...