County jurisdiction · checked 2026-09-13
Can you BnB it in unincorporated Amador County?
No STR ordinanceAmador County has no short-term rental ordinance for its unincorporated area, so no county short-term rental permit exists. Anyone renting for thirty days or less must still register for and collect the county transient occupancy tax of ten percent.
The rules, with their sources
Permit or licenseNo permit is required; the code has no short-term rental permit program.L1Amador County Code Title 19 (Zoning), Chapters 19.08 and 19.28, no short-term rental provision; Chapter 3.16 Uniform Transient Occupancy Tax, Ord. 1179 Sec. 2 (1988), rate amended by Ord. 1723 Sec. 2 (2012) · code text · checked 2026-09-13
Hosted onlyThe code does not limit rentals to hosted stays.L1Amador County Code Title 19 (Zoning), Chapters 19.08 and 19.28, no short-term rental provision; Chapter 3.16 Uniform Transient Occupancy Tax, Ord. 1179 Sec. 2 (1988), rate amended by Ord. 1723 Sec. 2 (2012) · code text · checked 2026-09-13
Primary residenceThe code does not require the rental to be the operator's primary residence.L1Amador County Code Title 19 (Zoning), Chapters 19.08 and 19.28, no short-term rental provision; Chapter 3.16 Uniform Transient Occupancy Tax, Ord. 1179 Sec. 2 (1988), rate amended by Ord. 1723 Sec. 2 (2012) · code text · checked 2026-09-13
Transfer when the home sellsCode silent on transfer. No short-term rental permit or license exists in the Amador County Code, so there is nothing that must be transferred on sale. A buyer stands in the same position as the seller and would register with the Treasurer Tax Collector for the transient occupancy tax under Chapter 3.16. This is an inference from the absence of a permit program, not a quoted rule.L1Amador County Code Title 19 (Zoning), Chapters 19.08 and 19.28, no short-term rental provision; Chapter 3.16 Uniform Transient Occupancy Tax, Ord. 1179 Sec. 2 (1988), rate amended by Ord. 1723 Sec. 2 (2012) · code text · checked 2026-09-13
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In the county's own words
3.16.020.G“any person who exercises occupancy by reason of concession, permit, right of access, license or other agreement for a period of thirty consecutive calendar days or less, counting portions of calendar days as full days.” source
19.08.065“is a lodginghouse providing room and breakfast to guests staying thirty days or less.” source
3.16.020.A“any structure, or any portion of any structure, which is occupied or designed for occupancy by transients for dwelling, lodging or sleeping purposes, and includes any hotel, inn, tourist home or house, bed-and-breakfast house, motel, studio, hotel, bachelor hotel, lodginghouse, roominghouse, apartment house, dormitory, public or private club, mobile home or house trailer at a fixed location, or other similar structure or portion thereof.” source
Citation: Amador County Code Title 19 (Zoning), Chapters 19.08 and 19.28, no short-term rental provision; Chapter 3.16 Uniform Transient Occupancy Tax, Ord. 1179 Sec. 2 (1988), rate amended by Ord. 1723 Sec. 2 (2012)
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