Hotels & Lodging in York County, VA (2026)
1 rule for unincorporated York County, Virginia.
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Note: These county rules apply to unincorporated areas of York County. If you live within an incorporated city, that city's own rules apply: see the city list below.
Transient Occupancy Tax
York County, Virginia charges every hotel, motel, tourist home, and other lodging place a transient occupancy tax of 5% of the total room charge plus a flat $2 per night, under County Code Sec. 21-93. The tax applies to any guest staying 30 consecutive days or less, and operators must collect it at the time of payment and remit it to the Commissioner of the Revenue.
York County, Virginia Hotel Occupancy Tax
Some RestrictionsYork County Code §§ 21-92, 21-93
Hotel. Any public or private hotel, inn, apartment hotel, hostelry, tourist home or house, motel, rooming house, travel campground or tourist camp or other lodging place within the county offering lodging, and the owner and the operator thereof, who for compensation, furnishes lodging to any transient. ... Transient. ... Any person who, for any period of not more than thirty (30) consecutive da...
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