Short-Term Rentals in Georgia (2026)

Atlanta requires a Short-Term Rental License (STRL) for all rentals under 30 days. The annual fee is $150. One license…

Unincorporated Clayton County requires every short-term rental unit to hold a county permit. Before a permit issues…

Renting out a house or condo in the City of Alpharetta for stays under 30 days is illegal without a short-term rental…

Renting, operating, or advertising a short-term rental in unincorporated Barrow County requires an annual permit from…

Every short-term rental in unincorporated Chatham County must hold an annual license from Building Safety and…

No one may rent out a home in unincorporated Cherokee County as a short-term rental without an annual certificate from…

Renting a house or room to guests for stays under 30 days in unincorporated Cobb County requires an annual short-term…

Columbus, Georgia requires a short-term rental permit before renting any dwelling unit for stays of 30 days or less…

Before renting a home short term in Decatur, Georgia, an owner must obtain a short term rental permit and register a…

DeKalb County requires an annual short term rental permit from the business license division of the Department of…

In unincorporated Dougherty County, owners must obtain a short-term vacation rental certificate before renting a home…

No home in unincorporated Glynn County, outside Jekyll Island, may be rented short-term without an Accommodation Excise…

Unincorporated Gwinnett County allows short-term rentals as a conditional use in every base residential district under…

Hall County makes it unlawful to rent a short-term rental in the unincorporated county without first registering the…

Henry County bars anyone from advertising, renting, leasing or subleasing a residential property in the unincorporated…

No dwelling unit in unincorporated Houston County may be used, rented, offered, or advertised as a short-term rental…

Anyone operating a short-term rental in unincorporated Jackson County must register with the finance department within…

Operating a short-term rental in unincorporated Rockdale County requires a license from the Department of Planning and…

Short-term rentals in Sandy Springs need a city business license and an individual unit permit before they can operate…

In the City of Smyrna, Georgia, no one is allowed to rent out all or part of a dwelling unit as a short-term rental…

Renting out any South Fulton dwelling for stays of 30 days or less requires a short-term rental permit before the first…

Anyone renting out lodging accommodations, including a private residence, in unincorporated Spalding County must…

Renting out a house short-term anywhere in unincorporated Troup County requires a special-use permit first. The Unified…

Unincorporated Bartow County does not require a separate permit to operate a short-term rental. Instead, Bartow County…

No one may rent a dwelling in unincorporated Carroll County for 29 days or fewer without first obtaining a short-term…

Unincorporated Effingham County has no ordinance written for "short-term rentals" by name, but Airbnb-style hosts fall…

Anyone operating a short-term tourist accommodation in unincorporated Fayette County, other than a hotel, campground or…

Forsyth County requires an annual short-term rental license before anyone rents a property for less than 30 days…

Renting out any dwelling unit in Macon-Bibb County for stays under 30 days requires a short-term vacation rental permit…

No one may rent out all or part of a single-family home in the City of Stonecrest as a short-term vacation rental…

Unincorporated Walton County requires every Short Term Rental to hold an annual Short Term Rental License issued as an…

Columbia County has no dedicated short-term rental permit or registration ordinance. STRs are legal in unincorporated…

Paulding County has no dedicated short-term rental ordinance, registration, or STR permit: a search of the county code…

DeKalb County short-term rental owners must pledge to prevent the rental from disrupting the neighborhood, may not…

South Fulton bans 'nuisance parties' at short-term rentals: gatherings of five or more people that trigger a…

Every Alpharetta short-term rental must post the quiet hours set by the city's noise regulations inside the unit, per…

Atlanta STR licenses require posted rules banning noise that exceeds the city's noise ordinance, cap occupancy at two…

In unincorporated Barrow County, every short-term rental permit requires a posted notice stating the exact quiet hours…

In the City of Brookhaven, Georgia, Code § 27-629(3)(d)(3) makes all short-term rentals subject to the nuisance and…

Carroll County requires every short-term rental license applicant to post written rules in the unit acknowledging that…

Chatham County short-term rental licenses must post noise restrictions on a sign inside the unit, and any citation for…

Every Clayton County short-term rental must post the county's noise ordinance inside the unit before it is ever rented…

Every short-term rental in unincorporated Cobb County must disclose the county's noise rules to guests, not just…

Columbia County short-term rental guests must obey the county nuisance-noise ordinance, § 34-32(6). With no STR permit…

Short-term vacation rentals in unincorporated Dougherty County must post written rules inside the unit acknowledging…

Forsyth County short-term rental guests must obey the county noise ordinance, Code Chapter 34, Article IV. Under…

Glynn County caps overnight occupancy at a Short-Term Rental to the ordinance's maximum occupancy rate between 11 p.m…

Hall County requires the owner or local contact person of a short-term rental to use best efforts to keep occupants…

Paulding County sets no STR-specific noise rules, so short-term rental guests follow the same county noise ordinance as…

Short-term rentals in unincorporated Rockdale County cannot generate excessive or unusually loud noise that disturbs…

In the City of Smyrna, Georgia, a short-term rental agent must appear on the premises when the city reports that guests…

Stonecrest's short-term vacation rental (STVR) ordinance, § 4.2.58, bars any use that changes the residential character…

Every Troup County short-term rental must post house policies setting quiet hours from dusk to dawn and banning…

Every Columbus, Georgia short-term rental agreement must have occupants acknowledge that exceeding the city's noise…

Georgia law authorizes a statewide hotel-motel excise tax that applies to short-term rentals under 30 days, with…

Clayton County levies an 8% hotel-motel excise tax on the charge for short-term lodging. Operators collect it and remit…

Operating a short-term rental in unincorporated Chatham County requires a BSRS license that costs $350 up front, renews…

Because Fayette County defines a taxable 'tourist accommodation' as any property, facility or structure that provides…

Rockdale County Code Sec. 86-91 defines 'hotel' broadly enough to cover any structure with guestrooms rented to…

Alpharetta short-term rental owners must pay the city's occupation tax under chapter 42, article III, and collect and…

Atlanta short-term rentals owe an 8% hotel-motel tax on every stay, plus a $150 non-refundable annual license…

Beyond the $250 permit fee, a Barrow County short-term rental owner must keep paying occupation tax under the business…

In the City of Brookhaven, Georgia, short-term rentals of 30 consecutive days or less carry an excise tax of eight…

Carroll County charges a $200.00 nonrefundable fee with every annual short-term rental license application and…

Short-term rental owners in Cherokee County must collect and remit an 8 percent excise tax on gross rent from every…

Cobb County makes every short-term rental owner responsible for collecting and remitting all required hotel/motel…

Columbia County short-term rentals owe a 5% county hotel/motel excise tax under § 78-66, plus Georgia's 4% state sales…

Short-term rental owners in Columbus, Georgia owe state sales tax and city taxes, including the hotel/motel tax, on top…

Coweta County levies an 8% hotel/motel excise tax on short-term lodging in unincorporated areas, on top of Georgia's 4%…

Decatur, Georgia's Unified Development Ordinance requires every short-term rental owner to hold both a business license…

Unincorporated DeKalb County charges an 8 percent excise tax on every short-term rental stay of 30 days or less…

Short-term vacation rentals in unincorporated Dougherty County must hold an occupational tax certificate and pay all…

Short-term rentals in unincorporated Effingham County are taxed the same as any hotel: Sec. 70-223 requires the…

Floyd County has no separate short-term rental ordinance, but its hotel-motel excise tax law defines 'hotel' broadly…

Forsyth County short-term rentals owe an 8% county hotel/motel excise tax on the rent, plus Georgia's 4% state sales…

Glynn County's short-term rental certificate fee is tiered by filing date: $150.00 before July 1, $75.00 from July…

Gordon County Code § 16-27 taxes every occupancy of a guest room in a hotel in the county at eight percent of the rent…

Hall County collects an 8 percent excise tax on short-term rental occupancy under section 3.40.020, on top of the…

Henry County collects the same 8 percent hotel occupancy excise tax from short-term rentals that it collects from…

Houston County charges a $150 accommodation excise tax certificate fee for each short-term rental applied for before…

Guests renting a short-term rental in unincorporated Jackson County are personally liable for the county's 5 percent…

Macon-Bibb County taxes tourist courts and short-term vacation rentals on a per-night basis on top of the standard…

Paulding County levies no county hotel/motel excise tax; its tax code (Chapter 30) contains none. A short-term rental…

Every Sandy Springs short-term rental must run under a valid city business license, which doubles as the occupation tax…

In the City of Smyrna, Georgia, short-term rental owners are subject to all applicable state and city taxes, including…

South Fulton short-term rental owners must pay state sales tax and all applicable city taxes, including hotel/motel…

Renting a private home in unincorporated Spalding County for more than two days a year makes the owner an 'operator'…

In the City of Stonecrest, every short-term vacation rental must carry an annual business tax certificate under Code §…

Short-term rental owners in unincorporated Troup County must pay every state and county tax that applies to the rental…

In unincorporated Walker County, a short-term rental host is taxed exactly like a hotel: section 30-28 lists…

Unincorporated Walton County does not set a fixed dollar figure for Short Term Rental licenses in its ordinance text…

City of Alpharetta short-term rentals must provide off-street parking for one vehicle per rented bedroom, and Sec…

In unincorporated Barrow County, a short-term rental permit caps parked vehicles at one per bedroom, bans parking on…

Unincorporated Bartow County requires every short-term rental to provide off-street parking for one vehicle per rented…

Carroll County limits short-term rental parking to one vehicle per bedroom, bans parking on the county right-of-way or…

Chatham County requires every short-term rental license application to spell out the property's parking rules under…

Clayton County requires every short-term rental to keep guest vehicles on the same lot as the rental unit under Code…

Cobb County caps overnight vehicle parking for every short-term rental in the unincorporated area at one vehicle per…

Columbus, Georgia short-term rental applications must disclose allotted parking spaces, and each unit must post the…

Unincorporated DeKalb County requires short-term rental permit applicants to state the number and location of on-site…

Short-term vacation rental applicants in unincorporated Dougherty County must state the number of on-site parking…

Forsyth County short-term rentals cap parked vehicles at one per bedroom or the paved parking lot's capacity, whichever…

Glynn County requires every Short-Term Rental to post a maximum vehicle count, mark on-site parking spaces for guests…

Gwinnett County requires short-term rental guests to park only on a hard-surface area built for the purpose, never on…

Hall County bars short-term rental guests from parking on the county right-of-way or along roadways at any time…

Short-term rental guests in unincorporated Rockdale County cannot park on any public or private right-of-way, and Sec…

In the City of Smyrna, Georgia, guests at a short-term rental cannot park in the city right-of-way or along any roadway…

South Fulton ties short-term rental parking directly to the permit: owners must disclose the number and location of…

Stonecrest requires at least one off-street parking space for every bedroom used as part of a short-term vacation…

Troup County requires every short-term rental to dedicate at least one parking space for guests, approved by the Roads…

In unincorporated Walton County, every Short Term Rental must provide one paved off-street parking space per bedroom…

Atlanta requires short-term rental applicants to disclose the number and location of on-site parking spaces, then post…

Acworth caps overnight occupancy at two people per bedroom under Section 73-7.8.4 of the city zoning ordinance, and…

Alpharetta caps overnight guests at a short-term rental at two persons per bedroom and never more than 15 overnight…

Atlanta caps short-term rental occupancy at two adults per bedroom, a rule license applicants must post in writing…

Barrow County caps overnight occupancy in a short-term rental at two guests per bedroom (plus two more if on sewer)…

A short-term rental in unincorporated Bartow County cannot sleep more than two overnight guests per bedroom plus two…

Carroll County caps overnight occupancy of a short-term rental at two adults per bedroom, a limit the owner must…

Chatham County caps short-term rental occupancy at two adults per bedroom plus two additional adults under Code…

Cherokee County caps overnight guests at a licensed short-term rental to two per bedroom, and total occupancy…

Article XII sets no fixed guest headcount. Instead, short-term rental occupancy in unincorporated Clayton County is…

Cobb County short-term rentals must follow the county's single-family dwelling occupancy standard of at least 390…

Columbus, Georgia caps every short-term rental unit at two occupants per bedroom plus one additional person, and the…

Decatur, Georgia's Unified Development Ordinance caps overnight guests at a short term rental at two people per guest…

Short-term vacation rentals in unincorporated Dougherty County may not exceed the maximum overnight occupancy printed…

Fayette County limits every guestroom in a permitted tourist accommodation to two guests, with detached structures and…

Forsyth County caps overnight occupancy at two people per bedroom plus two, never more than 15 overnight guests total…

Glynn County caps overnight occupancy of every short-term rental at two guests per bedroom plus two more, with a hard…

Gwinnett County limits how many guests a short-term rental in the unincorporated county can sleep: no more than two…

Hall County caps short-term rental occupancy at two guests per bedroom plus three, verified by a county building…

Henry County short-term rental hosts cannot set their own guest headcount: the maximum number of guests is fixed by…

Houston County unincorporated short-term rentals may sleep no more than two guests per bedroom plus two additional…

In the City of Smyrna, Georgia, overnight occupancy of a short-term rental is capped at two persons for each bedroom…

South Fulton requires every permitted short-term rental to post its permit inside the unit, and that posting must state…

Troup County limits how many people can stay overnight in a short-term rental in the unincorporated area. The Unified…

Spalding County's zoning ordinance does not cap occupancy for short-term rentals generally, but its agriculture…

The City of Stonecrest does not set its own numeric cap on short-term vacation rental occupancy. Instead, Sec…

In the City of Brookhaven, Georgia, every short-term rental permit application must include proof of insurance for the…

Chatham County requires every licensed short-term rental to carry homeowner's or structural insurance equal to the…

Every Columbus, Georgia short-term rental application must include proof of insurance meeting the Columbus Consolidated…

Owners applying for a short-term vacation rental certificate in unincorporated Dougherty County must submit proof of…

Every short-term rental license application in the City of Smyrna, Georgia must include proof of liability insurance in…

South Fulton requires every short-term rental applicant to prove liability insurance of at least $500,000.00 before the…

Macon-Bibb County requires every short-term vacation rental applicant to submit proof of insurance showing the property…

Glynn County does not make liability insurance mandatory for short-term rentals. Applicants for an Accommodation Excise…

In the City of Brookhaven, Georgia, a permitted short-term rental cannot be listed or rented for more than 180 days per…

Columbus, Georgia caps non-owner-occupied short-term rentals per historic district, from 2 permits in Dinglewood to 35…

In the City of Smyrna, Georgia, a short-term rental in a single-family zoning district cannot be rented for more than…

Unincorporated Troup County caps rental nights by STR classification: 175 days a year for Owner-Occupied rentals and…

Unincorporated Walton County caps a licensed short-term rental at fifty-two seven-day bookings per calendar year. LDO…

Under Sec. 4.2.15.A of the DeKalb County zoning code, the operator of a bed and breakfast or home stay establishment in…

In unincorporated Troup County, an Owner-Occupied short-term rental permit requires the property owner to be…

Every licensed short-term rental in unincorporated Walton County must have a local property manager available 24 hours…

Unincorporated Bartow County requires every short-term rental to have an owner or designated local contact who responds…

Chatham County does not require a host to be present during a stay, but every short-term rental must name a valid local…

In unincorporated Clayton County, a short-term rental unit, defined as any house, apartment, condo, room or lodging…

Every short-term vacation rental in unincorporated Dougherty County must designate a short-term vacation rental agent…

Glynn County does not require an owner to live on site, but every Short-Term Rental Certificate holder must keep a…

Every short-term rental license in unincorporated Rockdale County must designate an agent who is at least 25 years old…

The City of Smyrna, Georgia does not require the owner to live on site, but every short-term rental must have one…

Columbus, Georgia's short-term rental ordinance does not require an on-site host or manager: the short-term rental unit…

Clayton County allows short-term rentals only inside or adjacent to the owner's occupied dwelling on the same property…

In the City of Brookhaven, Georgia, a short-term rental permit goes only to an owner-occupier who has owned the…

In the City of Smyrna, Georgia, a short-term rental host does not have to live on the property, but owner occupancy…

To qualify as an Owner-Occupied short-term rental in unincorporated Troup County, the owner must permanently reside on…

Unincorporated Chatham County does not require a short-term rental to be the owner's primary residence, but only…

Columbus, Georgia only makes short-term rental owner-occupancy matter inside its ten historic districts. UDO §…

Cobb County requires a short-term rental certificate from the business license division before anyone rents a…

A short-term rental in Macon-Bibb County stops owing the nightly occupation tax once a guest signs a written agreement…

Glynn County's Short-Term Rental Ordinance only reaches stays of 30 consecutive days or less. A tenancy of more than 30…

Short-term rental violations in unincorporated Rockdale County escalate under Sec. 218-13(mmm2)(18): a $500 fine for a…

Three code violations at a short-term rental property within 12 months trigger automatic license revocation and a…

Unincorporated Barrow County runs its short-term rental permits on a three-strike system: magistrate-court fines and…

In the City of Brookhaven, Georgia, short-term rental permits renew annually, and the City manager checks the…

Carroll County revokes a short-term rental license, and bars the owner, agent or address from reapplying for 12 months…

Three or more public complaints to Building Safety and Regulatory Services or the County Manager about code, state-law…

A Clayton County short-term rental permit can be pulled for good after just one uncorrected complaint cycle: the…

Cobb County fines short-term rental violations $500 for a first offense and $750 for a second, then revokes the…

Columbus, Georgia revokes short-term rental permits and bars new applications for a property for 12 months after three…

DeKalb County does not wait for a pattern of misconduct before acting against a short-term rental. Under Code §…

Short-term vacation rentals in unincorporated Dougherty County face an escalating fine schedule for repeat violations…

Forsyth County punishes repeat short-term rental violations with an escalating three-strike system under Code § 22-270…

Glynn County fines short-term rental owners $250 for a first ordinance violation, $500 for a second, and $1,000 for a…

Hall County's short-term rental ordinance escalates penalties with each violation inside a rolling 12-month window: a…

In the City of Smyrna, Georgia, a property owner with three convictions for code violations at one short-term rental…

South Fulton revokes a short-term rental permit outright once a property racks up three code violations within any…

Operating a Macon-Bibb County short-term vacation rental without a permit carries escalating fines: $500 for a first…

Unincorporated Walton County can revoke a Short Term Rental License if the Sheriff's Office cannot reach the property's…

In the City of Brookhaven, Georgia, a booking service that does not comply with Code § 27-629(3)(g) is fined $1,000.00…

Atlanta requires short-term rental license holders to ensure the booking platforms they use provide a complaint line…

Clayton County's short-term rental enforcement reaches beyond the property owner: County Code § 22-903 lets the county…