Short-Term Rentals in Fauquier County, VA (2026)
3 rules for unincorporated Fauquier County, Virginia.
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Short-Term Rental Permits
Anyone who offers or uses a property in unincorporated Fauquier County as a short-term rental, a stay of fewer than thirty consecutive days, must annually register that property in the county's short-term residential rental registry maintained by the Commissioner of the Revenue under County Code § 8-238 before offering it to guests.
Fauquier County STR Registration Requirement
Some RestrictionsFauquier County Code § 8-238
There is hereby established a short-term residential rental registry for operators with property offered or used as short-term residential rental within the county and outside of any incorporated towns within the county. An operator offering or using a property as a short-term residential rental shall annually register such property in the short-term residential rental registry maintained by th...
Taxes & Fees
Operators of short-term rentals in unincorporated Fauquier County pay a $50 annual registration fee to the Commissioner of Revenue for each property, on top of any applicable occupancy tax, when they file the county's required yearly short-term rental registry application.
Fauquier County STR Registration Fee
Some RestrictionsFauquier County Code § 8-238
A registration fee of fifty dollars ($50.00) for each property offered as a short-term residential rental property is due and payable to the commissioner of revenue each year at the time of annual registration.
Repeat Violator Strikes
In unincorporated Fauquier County, an operator with two or more registration violations on one short-term rental property can be barred from registering that property for a year, and one with more than three violations of any state or local law tied to the rental can be barred from offering it as a short-term rental for a year under County Code § 8-240(b)-(c).
Fauquier County STR Repeat Violator Rule
Significant RestrictionsFauquier County Code § 8-240(b)-(c)
(b)Upon written notice, of two (2) or more violations of the registration requirement as it relates to a specific property, the operator of such property may be prohibited from registering said property and from offering or using such property as a short-term residential rental for one (1) calendar year from the date of last notification of violation. ... (c)Upon written notice of more than thr...
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