Perris, CA Short-Term Rentals: Taxes & Fees (2026)
Key Facts
- TOT rate
- 10% of rent (Perris Municipal Code § 3.24.030)
- Transient defined
- Occupancy of 30 consecutive days or less (§ 3.24.020)
- Applies to STRs
- Yes - 'hotel' definition covers dwellings used for transient lodging
- TOT registration
- Required as a condition of the STR license (5.38.050)
- Collect & remit
- Owner must collect and remit the TOT (5.38.080)
- STR application fee
- Set by city council resolution (5.38.150)
Summary
Short-term rentals in the City of Perris must collect a 10% transient occupancy tax (TOT) on the rent under Chapter 3.24 of the Perris Municipal Code. The owner must hold a valid TOT registration as a condition of the STR license and must collect and remit the tax. Application fees for the STR license are set by city council resolution.
For the privilege of occupancy in any hotel, each transient is subject to and shall pay a tax in the amount of ten percent of the rent charged by the operator. Said tax constitutes a debt owed by the transient to the city which is extinguished only by payment to the operator or to the city. The transient shall pay the tax to the operator of the hotel/motel at the time the rent is paid. If the rent is paid in installments, a proportionate share of the tax shall be paid with each installment. The unpaid tax shall be due upon the transient's ceasing to occupy space in the hotel/motel. If for any reason the tax due is not paid to the operator of the hotel, the finance director may require that such tax shall be paid directly to the finance director.
(Code 1972, § 3.24.030; Ord. No. 279, § 2(part), 1964; Riverside County Ord. No. 495, § 3, 1964; Ord. No. 800, § 1, 1989; Ord. No. 1008, §§ 1(part), 2(part), 1995)
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 13).
Full Breakdown
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). 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. 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.
080 requires the owner to collect and remit the transient occupancy tax for the rental. 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.
Violations & Fines
Failure to register for, collect, or remit the transient occupancy tax is enforced under Chapter 3.24 (operators are personally liable for uncollected tax, plus penalties and interest) and is also a basis for denying or revoking the short-term rental license under Sections 5.38.060 and 5.38.090, since a valid TOT registration is a license condition. General STR violations are punishable under Section 5.38.100 as a misdemeanor or infraction or by administrative citation.
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