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Short-term rental rules in Ketchum, ID
How Ketchum 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.
- City levies a 3% Local Option Tax on room sales reaching short-term rentals under 30 days
- STR-specific permit process (Ch. 5.09) repealed/preempted under Idaho HB 583 (eff. 2026-07-01)
- No cap, quota, or residency requirement in force
- Whole-home STR permitted as a residential use post-preemption
Based on: STR-specific permit regime: Ketchum Municipal Code Title 5, Chapter 9 ("Short-Term Rental Permits"), added by Ordinance
Summary of the rule
City of Ketchum imposes a local option tax of '3% on room sales (including short-term rentals of less than 30 days)', effective January 1, 2014; authorized under Idaho Statutes Title 50 Ch. 10, local Ordinance No. 712 (1997-11-20) as amended. Online marketplaces collect/remit the LOT to the city for STR stays.
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