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Short-term rental rules in Davis, WV
How Davis 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.
- Municipal 6% hotel occupancy tax reaching whole-home STR stays; no STR-specific permit/registration process confirmed in force
- 2-year STR moratorium expired June 2024
- Proposed zoning ordinance that would have capped STRs was rejected by referendum June 2024 (115-80) — no supply device enacted
- STRs generally permitted throughout town; no STR zones/districts
Based on: WV Code §7-18-3 (hotel definition) + Town of Davis municipal hotel occupancy tax 6% (per WV Tax Division jurisdiction
Summary of the rule
Town of Davis (Tucker County) — hotel occupancy tax rate 6%; contact Town Hall (Joni Felton). Listed by the WV Tax Division jurisdiction table for hotel occupancy tax.
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