Hotels & Lodging in Jefferson Parish, LA (2026)
1 rule for unincorporated Jefferson Parish, Louisiana.
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Note: These county rules apply to unincorporated areas of Jefferson Parish. If you live within an incorporated city, that city's own rules apply: see the city list below.
Transient Occupancy Tax
Jefferson Parish stacks multiple one-percent hotel occupancy taxes: a parish-wide tax on hotels with ten or more guest rooms under Sec. 35-200, a second one-percent East Bank tax on hotels with as few as two rooms under Sec. 35-205, and a third parish-wide one-percent tax under Sec. 35-210. Short-term rentals pay the separate occupational license tax instead, not this occupancy tax.
Jefferson Parish Hotel Occupancy Tax Rate
Some RestrictionsJefferson Parish Code of Ordinances Sec. 35-200 and Sec. 35-210
Sec. 35-200. - Imposed. The one (1) percent occupancy tax as authorized by Act No. 265 of the 1989 regular session of the state legislature is hereby imposed on the paid occupancy of the hotel rooms located in hotels containing ten (10) or more guest rooms in the parish, beginning on September 1, 1989. [...] Sec. 35-210. - Imposed. The one (1) percent hotel occupancy tax as authorized by R.S. 3...
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