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Short-term rental rules in Darien, GA
How Darien regulates short-term rentals: the rules that apply, their sources, and pending changes.
Short-term rentals here are subject to registration, a lodging tax, or a small number of operating rules.
- No STR-specific ordinance, permit, or registration in force
- No supply device: transient lodging permitted in residential R-1/R-2 and commercial/mixed-use districts, no cap, no primary-residence or owner-occupancy requirement
- Only municipal touchpoints are a governing-jurisdiction 5% hotel/motel excise tax (reaches STR/accommodation stays) plus a general (non-STR-specific) occupation-tax business license
Based on: City of Darien hotel/motel excise tax, 5% under O.C.G.A. 48-13-51(a)(3) (rate on file with GA DCA); general
Summary of the rule
City of Darien levies a hotel-motel excise tax at a rate of 0.05 (5%) under O.C.G.A. § 48-13-51(a)(3), as reported on file with the Georgia Department of Community Affairs Hotel/Motel Excise Tax Rates and Revenue Report.
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