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Short-term rental rules in Snowshoe, WV
How Snowshoe 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.
- county 6% hotel occupancy tax reaches whole-home STRs (condos, cabins, tourist homes, private homes)
- no county zoning and no STR-specific licensing/permit process
- no supply device of any kind foreclosing whole-home/absentee STR
- Snowshoe Resort Community District resort service fee on guests (WV Code §7-25) reinforces a tax/fee layer, not an STR process
Based on: county_hotel_occupancy_tax_reaches_STRs
Summary of the rule
The hotel occupancy tax applies to 'any person who offers to the public for consideration sleeping accommodations which includes but is not limited to boarding houses, hotels, motels, inns, courts, condominiums, lodges, cabins, tourist homes, and private homes providing three (3) or more rooms or private homes providing less than three (3) rooms for more than ten (10) days in a calendar year.'
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Last reviewed Sep 15, 2026 · Sources · Report an error
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