Paulding County runs no registration program for long-term rentals — a landlord needs no county rental permit or inspection to lease a house. The county has adopted no dedicated short-term rental license, though STR operators still owe zoning compliance and hotel/motel tax.
Georgia has no statewide rental-registration law, and Paulding County requires none for ordinary long-term rentals; a landlord owes the county no rental permit, filing, or routine inspection to lease a home or apartment. The county has not stood up a dedicated short-term rental registration or license the way some metro counties have, so an STR host follows the county's zoning rules for the property and remits the local hotel/motel excise tax under O.C.G.A. §48-13-50 on stays under thirty days. Every landlord still owes Georgia's Title 44, Chapter 7 duties — security-deposit return within one month and basic habitability. The cities of Dallas and Hiram set their own rules inside their limits.
Long-term rentals carry no county registration penalty. A short-term rental that ignores zoning or fails to collect and remit the hotel/motel tax can face code-enforcement action and tax liability with penalties.
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