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Candler County, GA vacation rental rules and taxes

Candler County’s small rental market is in Metter, which allows short-term rentals only for owners who live in the city and caps permits at 100 a year. Stays pay 9% sales tax plus Metter’s 7% hotel-motel tax.

Checked against official sources November 6, 2026
Sales tax
9%
Hotel-motel tax
7% in Metter
The DCA report lists no county hotel-motel tax.Source

We could not search the Candler County code online for rental rules outside Metter.

What to do

  1. Then your city or area

    Permits, zoning, and the hotel-motel tax are set by each city, and by the county outside city limits. Pick your area.

Towns

Full guide

Metter

Metter issues short-term rental permits only to owners with a homestead exemption in the city, allows at most two rentals per owner, and issues no more than 100 permits a year. The permit is $250 for your own home and $1,000 for a second unit. Stays pay 9% sales tax plus the city’s 7% hotel-motel tax.

Sources

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