Short-Term Rentals in Thurston County, WA (2026)
1 rule for unincorporated Thurston County, Washington.
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Note: These county rules apply to unincorporated areas of Thurston County. If you live within an incorporated city, that city's own rules apply: see the city list below.
Taxes & Fees
Unincorporated Thurston County levies a 2% excise tax on short-term lodging charges, including hotels, motels, tourist courts, and campgrounds.
Thurston County 2% Lodging Tax
Some RestrictionsThurston County Code § 5.70.010
there is hereby levied and there shall be collected an excise tax in the amount of two percent on the sale of or charge made for the furnishing of lodging by a hotel, rooming house, tourist court, campground, motel, trailer camp, and the granting of any similar license to use real property, as distinguished from the renting or leasing of real property; provided, that it shall be presumed that t...
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