Hotels & Lodging in Kenton County, KY (2026)
1 rule for unincorporated Kenton County, Kentucky.
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Note: These county rules apply to unincorporated areas of Kenton County. If you live within an incorporated city, that city's own rules apply: see the city list below.
Transient Occupancy Tax
Kenton County levies a combined 5% transient room tax on hotels, motels, campgrounds and short-term rental accommodations under three stacked ordinances codified at Chapter 34. Operators file monthly returns with the Northern Kentucky Convention and Visitors Commission Treasurer and remit tax within 20 days of month's end.
Kenton County Transient Room Tax
Some RestrictionsKenton County Code of Ordinances § 34.10
There is hereby continued, imposed and levied a transient room tax of three percent of the rent for every occupancy of a suite, room, rooms, cabins, lodgings, campsites, or other accommodations 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 ...
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