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Short-term rental rules in College Station, TX
How College Station regulates short-term rentals: the rules that apply, their sources, and pending changes.
Short-term rentals here operate under a registration or permit system with ongoing operating rules.
- Citywide STR permit required with annual renewal and inspection, plus hotel occupancy tax collection
- Whole-home, non-owner-occupied operation permitted — the 2022 rewrite (Ord. 2022-4411) removed the prior residency and zoning-district restrictions
- No numeric cap and no zoning-district carve-out
Based on: Code of Ordinances Ch. 103, Art. VI (§§103-243–103-253), Ordinance No. 2022-4411, adopted 2022-12-08 (effective
Summary of the rule
Short-term rental operators must have a permit and collect and remit hotel occupancy taxes.
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Last reviewed Sep 15, 2026 · Sources · Report an error
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