Rohnert Park, CA Short-Term Rentals: Taxes & Fees (2026)
Key Facts
- Tax rate
- 12% of rent charged, RPMC § 3.24.030
- Who remits
- Operator collects from guest, remits monthly
- Late penalty
- 10% then 10% more, plus 25% for fraud
- Interest
- 0.5% per month on unpaid tax
- Governing STR link
- RPMC § 17.07.230(E)(5)
Summary
Rohnert Park charges a twelve percent transient occupancy tax on every short-term rental stay, collected by the host and remitted monthly under Chapter 3.24. The short-term rental permit holder is personally responsible for compliance. City Code § 17.07.230(E)(5) ties the STR rules to the tax chapter at § 3.24.030.
For the privilege of occupancy in any hotel, each transient is subject to and shall pay a tax in the amount of twelve percent of the rent charged by the operator. ... 5.Short-term rentals are subject to the city's transient occupancy tax. The person in whose name the administrative use permit (referenced in Section 17.07.230(B)) is issued, shall be responsible for compliance with the city's transient occupancy tax regulations as described in Chapter 3.24 (Transient Occupancy Tax).
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 51 Update 2).
Full Breakdown
230(B). 030 at twelve percent of the rent charged by the operator; the guest owes the tax, but the host collects it at the time rent is paid and remits it to the tax administrator. 070 requires a monthly return reporting total rents and tax collected, due by the last day of each month, with all collected tax held in trust for the city until remitted. 080: a ten percent penalty for an original delinquency, another ten percent if the delinquency continues past thirty days, a twenty-five percent penalty on top of both if the tax administrator finds fraud, and interest of one-half of one percent per month on the unpaid tax.
230(E)(9) treats any Municipal Code violation as a violation of the administrative use permit, falling behind on transient occupancy tax remittance can jeopardize the STR permit itself, not just trigger a tax penalty.
Violations & Fines
Failing to register, report, or remit the transient occupancy tax is a misdemeanor under § 3.24.140, punishable by up to a $500 fine and six months in county jail, on top of the ten/ten/twenty-five percent penalty stack and monthly interest set by § 3.24.080. Because tax compliance is also a condition of the short-term rental permit under § 17.07.230(E)(9), the city can pursue the STR-specific infraction schedule of § 1.16.010(G), up to $1,500 to $5,000 for repeat violations, and can revoke the permit.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Sources & Official References
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