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Autauga County, AL vacation rental rules and taxes

Autauga County’s lodgings tax, collected by Avenu Insights, is 10% outside Prattville and 3% inside it, on top of the 4% state tax. We found no county short-term rental permit, and Prattville’s zoning section for short-term rentals is reserved.

Checked against official sources November 5, 2026
County lodgings tax
10% outside Prattville, 3% inside
Filed with Avenu Insights.Source
State lodgings tax
4%
Outside Prattville
14% total

Autaugaville and Billingsley have no local lodgings tax in the state’s rate report; outside Prattville, the total is 14%.

Airbnb’s Alabama tax article lists the state tax and the local taxes the state administers (plus Montgomery’s city tax). It doesn’t name Avenu-, county-, or city-administered taxes here, so ask your platform what it collects and file the rest yourself.

What to do

  1. Register for the county lodgings tax

    Open a local tax account with Avenu Insights for the Autauga County tax (10% outside Prattville, 3% inside). Airbnb’s Alabama article doesn’t list it.Source

  2. Then your city

    Prattville adds its own lodgings tax and room fee. Pick your area.

Towns

Full guide

Prattville

Prattville has no short-term rental permit: its zoning code has a “Short Term Rentals” section (§7.19), but it’s reserved, and a 2022 draft licensing ordinance doesn’t appear in the code. Rental of residential real estate needs a city business license. Lodgings tax is 15.5% plus $2 a night.

Sources

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