Perris, CA Short-Term Rentals: Taxes & Fees (2026)

Perris levies its own transient occupancy tax under Chapter 3.24 of the Perris Municipal Code, which the city collects (it is a separate tax from any Riverside County TOT and applies inside the city limits). Section 3.24.030 imposes the tax: for the privilege of occupancy in any hotel, each transient is subject to a tax of ten percent of the rent charged by the operator. Section 3.24.020 defines a transient as a person occupying, or entitled to occupy, for 30 consecutive calendar days or less, and defines hotel broadly to include any structure or portion of a structure occupied or designed for occupancy by transients for dwelling, lodging, or sleeping purposes, including dwelling-type lodgings; short-term rentals therefore fall within the tax. The short-term rental chapter ties directly to this tax: Section 5.38.050 requires a valid transient occupancy tax registration as part of the STR license application, and Section 5.38.080 requires the owner to collect and remit the transient occupancy tax for the rental. On the fee side, Section 5.38.150 provides that the short-term rental application fee is set by resolution of the city council, which is authorized to recover the city's administrative costs through the fee. The specific dollar fee is therefore set by the current council fee resolution rather than fixed in the code text.