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…

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…

No one may rent out a dwelling unit as a short-term rental in unincorporated DeKalb County without an annual permit…

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…

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…

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

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…

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…

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…

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

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…

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

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…

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…

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

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…

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…

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…

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…

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

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

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…

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

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…

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

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…

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

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…

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…

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…

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

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…

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…

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

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…

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

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…

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…

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…

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 §…

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

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

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…

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…