Henrico County, VA Rental Property Rules: Rental Registration (2026)

County Code Sec. 20-280 creates a countywide short-term rental registry that every operator, "whether in the capacity of owner, lessee, sublessee, mortgagee in possession, licensee, or any other possessory capacity," must join before renting out a room or property for fewer than 30 consecutive days. Registration is annual and requires the operator's full name, the address of each property offered as a short-term rental, and, if the operator is a lessee or sublessee, an attestation that the property owner has granted permission for short-term rental use.

00 due at the time of registration, and the registration lasts one year from the date issued. " Sec. 20-281 exempts a handful of operators from this specific registry, including real estate licensees and owners represented by one, timeshare operators registered under the Virginia Real Estate Time-Share Act, providers licensed by the state health department, and hotels, motels, campgrounds, and bed-and-breakfasts already licensed with the county. Everyone else, including a homeowner renting a spare room through an online platform, must register directly with the county's department of finance and renew every year; that annual renewal date also doubles as the deadline for the Sec. 20-276(d) attestation for hosts who book exclusively through a platform.