The unincorporated county maintains no short-term-rental registry. Anyone furnishing lodging to transients must instead hold a South Carolina Department of Revenue retail license and remit state accommodations tax, unless the narrow small-facility or infrequent-rental exemptions apply.
Greenville County does not require operators to register a short-term rental with the county. The applicable registration is at the state level: under SC Code Title 12, a person furnishing accommodations to transients must obtain a retail license from the SC Department of Revenue and collect the state accommodations sales tax. A statutory exemption removes the tax where the facility has fewer than six sleeping rooms used as the owner's abode. Zoning approval (Bed and Breakfast or Hotel/Motel) is a separate requirement handled by County Zoning, not a registration.
Operating without the required SC retail license can result in DOR penalties and back taxes; zoning non-compliance is separately enforced by the county.
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