Operators of transient lodging in unincorporated Sutter County, including short-term rental hosts, must collect a 10% county surcharge with the rent, state it separately, and remit it quarterly. There are no additional county STR fees.
Sutter County's transient occupancy charge is styled a 'Hotel/Motel Surcharge' (Code Ch. 150, voter-approved Nov. 7, 2000). The rate is 10% of rent for any occupancy of 30 days or less in the unincorporated area (Sec. 150-020). Sec. 150-040 requires the operator to collect the surcharge at the same time as the rent, separately state the two amounts, and prohibits advertising that the operator will absorb the surcharge or not add it to the rent. Quarterly returns on county forms, with full remittance, are due by the last day of the month following each calendar quarter, and amounts collected are held in trust for the county (Sec. 150-070). Because the county has no short-term rental permit program, there are no county STR application or annual license fees; the surcharge is the only county charge specific to short-term lodging.
Failure to remit triggers penalties of 10% (original delinquency), 10% more after 30 days, 25% for fraud, plus 1% monthly interest under Sec. 150-080; willful violations are a misdemeanor or infraction under Sec. 150-130.
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