Idaho Code 67-6539 lists mandatory registration among the STR-specific obligations counties may not impose. Unincorporated Kootenai County has no STR registry. Owners still register with the Idaho State Tax Commission to collect lodging taxes.
State law treats a registration mandate as a prohibited STR-specific obligation, so Kootenai County cannot require you to register a short-term rental with the county merely because you rent short-term. The county maintains no STR registration program in its Land Use and Development Code. The one registration that does apply is with the state: a lodging provider must have an Idaho seller's permit and travel & convention tax account to remit taxes (marketplaces like Airbnb/Vrbo often collect on your behalf). Always confirm whether the property lies in an incorporated city, where a local registration could apply.
No county registration, so no county registration penalty. Failing to register for and remit state lodging taxes is enforced by the Idaho State Tax Commission.
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Kootenai County, ID
Kootenai County has no ordinance banning backyard composting; home composting of yard and food scraps is allowed. Compost must not become a nuisance (odor, v...
Kootenai County, ID
Kootenai County has no ordinance banning or specifically regulating artificial turf on residential lots. Standard site rules still apply near water: replacin...
Kootenai County, ID
Kootenai County does not require or prohibit native-plant landscaping generally, but along the shoreline it actively encourages native vegetation: the county...
Kootenai County, ID
Kootenai County has no ordinance banning rain barrels. Rainwater collection in Idaho is governed by state water law: Idaho allows collecting rainwater and di...
Kootenai County, ID
Kootenai County itself sets no countywide lawn-watering schedule. Outdoor watering limits, if any, come from your city or your water/irrigation provider. Und...
Kootenai County, ID
Idaho law makes weed control mandatory: every landowner must control noxious weeds on their property at their own cost (Idaho Code 22-2407). Kootenai County'...
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