Booking platforms operating in Richmond must work within Virginia's STR registry framework under VA §15.2-983, which permits localities to require listing information and tax remittance from short-term rental intermediaries.
Under VA §15.2-983, Richmond may require booking platforms such as Airbnb and Vrbo to remit transient occupancy tax on behalf of hosts and to share aggregated listing data with the City for enforcement. Platforms partner with the City via voluntary collection agreements covering Richmond's 8% lodging tax plus the 5.3% Virginia transient occupancy tax. Hosts bear the registration duty regardless of whether the platform collects taxes. Platforms removing non-compliant listings remains discretionary; Richmond cannot mandate platform-level delisting under current Virginia law.
Platforms failing to remit collected taxes may face civil enforcement; hosts on platforms remain individually liable for permit registration and tax remittance.
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