Rowlett, TX Short-Term Rentals: Taxes & Fees (2026)
Key Facts
- Tax type
- Hotel occupancy tax
- Owed to
- City of Rowlett plus state
- Records deadline
- 30 days after city request
- Requested by
- Administrator or finance dept.
Summary
Rowlett, Texas makes it unlawful for a short-term rental owner to skip hotel occupancy taxes and requires occupant records on 30 days' notice.
It shall be unlawful for an owner of premises used for a short-term rental to fail to pay hotel occupancy taxes required under state law and the taxation article of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Rowlett. Upon request of the administrator or the finance department of the City of Rowlett, the owner of a premises used as a short-term rental shall remit, within 30 days, an accounting of all occupants who rented the premises and the hotel occupancy taxes paid therefor. It shall be unlawful for a person to fail to provide said information requested in a timely manner.
(Ord. No. 012-25, § 2, 4-1-2025)
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 29).
Full Breakdown
Under Sec. 10-463 of Rowlett's Short-Term Rental Regulations, an owner in city limits, Dallas County or Rockwall County side alike, commits an offense by failing to pay hotel occupancy taxes owed under Texas law and the city's own taxation article (Ch. 58, Art. IV). The administrator or city finance department can also demand a full accounting of every occupant who rented the premises and the hotel occupancy tax paid on each stay; the owner must supply that accounting within 30 days, and failing to do so is a separate unlawful act from the tax obligation itself.
Violations & Fines
Failing to remit hotel occupancy tax, or failing to supply requested occupant/tax records within 30 days, is unlawful under Sec. 10-463 and can support permit revocation for noncompliance.
Frequently Asked Questions
Do Rowlett short-term rental hosts pay hotel occupancy tax?
Can the city ask for my booking and tax records?
Sources & Official References
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