Vallejo, CA Hotels & Lodging: Transient Occupancy Tax (2026)
Key Facts
- Tax rate
- 11% of rent charged
- Taxable stay
- 30 consecutive days or less
- Registration fee
- $5 per permit
- Filing deadline
- Last day of each month
- Delinquent after
- 20 days past due date
- Late penalty
- 10% first, plus 10% more if still unpaid
- Fraud penalty
- Additional 25% of tax owed
Summary
Vallejo taxes hotel and short-term rental stays at 11% of rent under Municipal Code Section 3.19.030. Operators collect the tax from transients staying 30 consecutive days or less and remit it monthly to the city's tax administrator, the finance director.
For the privilege of occupancy in any hotel, each transient is subject to and shall pay a tax in the amount of eleven percent of the rent charged by the operator. Said tax constitutes a debt owed by the transient to the city, which is extinguished only by payment to the operator or to the city. The transient shall pay the tax to the operator of the hotel at the time the rent is paid. If the rent is paid in installments, a proportionate share of the tax shall be paid with each installment. The unpaid tax shall be due upon the transient's ceasing to occupy space in the hotel. If for any reason the tax due is not paid to the operator of the hotel, the tax administrator may require that such tax shall be paid directly to the tax administrator.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Municipal Code: Update 12 - 25).
Full Breakdown
19, the Transient Occupancy Tax Ordinance, applies to any hotel, inn, bed and breakfast, tourist home, motel, or similar lodging structure. 030, each transient owes a tax of 11 percent of the rent charged by the operator, due at the time rent is paid or, if paid in installments, proportionately with each installment. The debt is extinguished only when paid to the operator or directly to the city. 040); if the guest leaves before the 30th day, the tax applies retroactively to every day occupied. 060). 070). 080). 110).
Violations & Fines
Late remittance draws a 10 percent penalty on top of the tax owed. If still unpaid by the 15th of the following month, a second 10 percent delinquency penalty applies. Nonpayment the tax administrator finds fraudulent draws an added 25 percent penalty. Unpaid tax also accrues interest at 1 percent per month from the delinquency date until paid, and all penalties and interest merge into the tax debt itself (Section 3.19.090).
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