Hillsboro Community Development Code Section 12.40.230, adopted by Ordinance 6467, does not publish a fixed liability-insurance minimum for short-term rentals. Operators must hold a city business license and remit Hillsboro's 3% transient lodging tax plus Washington County's 9% TLT.
Unlike neighboring Gresham, which requires $1,000,000 in liability coverage under GRC Article 9.56, Hillsboro's CDC 12.40.230 takes a lighter-touch approach centered on land-use review, business licensing, and lodging-tax remittance. The publicly posted Hillsboro STR materials and CDC 12.40.230 Special Use Standards do not specify a numeric liability minimum. Hosts should call Hillsboro Planning at 503-681-6153 to confirm any current administrative insurance condition. Standard Oregon homeowner policies typically exclude transient lodging, so most hosts add a short-term rental endorsement or buy a stand-alone vacation rental policy. Operators also collect Hillsboro's 3% TLT and Washington County's 9% TLT under ORS 320.300 to 320.365.
Operating without the required CDC 12.40.230 STR permit or business license is enforced reactively by Hillsboro Code Compliance under HMC 4.04. Citations may carry fines of hundreds of dollars per day along with revocation of the STR permit.
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