There is no county STR registry for unincorporated Clark County. Hosts must instead register with the Washington Department of Revenue for a business/tax account. A bed-and-breakfast is 'registered' through the CCC 40.260.050 land-use application, not a rental registry.
Because the county does not regulate short-term rentals, there is no local registration or annual-renewal system for vacation rentals in unincorporated Clark County. The registration that does apply is at the state level: the Department of Revenue treats a host as engaged in taxable business when they advertise the property for overnight accommodations, hire a property manager, or enter short-term contracts (under 30 days), which triggers a business-license/tax registration. For an owner-occupied bed-and-breakfast, the county's equivalent of registration is the land-use permit application under CCC 40.260.050, reviewed as a Type I (1-2 rooms) or Type II-A conditional use (3-6 rooms).
Operating without the required state DOR business registration exposes a host to unpaid-tax assessments, penalties, and interest from the Department of Revenue.
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