Springfield, OR Short-Term Rentals: Short-Term Rental Permits (2026)

Section 7.710, amended by Ordinance No. 6445 in 2022, requires every person engaging or about to engage in business as a transient lodging provider, which includes a short-term rental host under the definitions at section 7.700, to submit a completed registration form to the tax administrator within 15 calendar days after commencing business. The form must give the business name, any separate business addresses, and the address of the lodging facility itself. Once filed, the tax administrator, the city's finance director or a designee, must issue a certificate of authority without charge within 15 days, and the host's duty to collect the 4.5% transient lodging tax begins the moment rent is paid, whether or not the registration has been filed or the certificate issued.

If bookings happen online, the certificate must be viewable to the occupant through a link at a reasonable point in the payment process. Certificates are non-assignable and non-transferable and must be surrendered when the business is sold or a facility stops operating at the registered location; each certificate must display the provider's name, the facility address, the issue date and a certificate number. Section 7.705 separately conditions a hosting platform's booking fee on this same registration and certificate.