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Fulton County, Georgia

South Fulton, GA vacation rental requirements

South Fulton’s 2025 ordinance requires a city short-term rental permit ($200 a year), $500,000 in liability insurance, and public notice to neighbors within 300 feet before approval. Your agent must reach the property within 45 minutes. Stays pay 7.75% sales tax plus the city’s 8% hotel-motel tax.

Checked against official sources November 6, 2026

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City permit
$200 a year
Application and renewal fees; permits expire December 30.Source
Neighbor notice
Sign for 15 days + mail within 300 feet
Comments go into your application file; the city reviews within 45 days after notice.Source
Insurance
$500,000 liability
Taxes
7.75% sales + 8% hotel-motel + $5/night

A property with a past nuisance violation is not eligible for a permit.

Your licensing checklist

In order: the state, the county, then the town.

State of Georgia

  1. Know what the platform collects

    Airbnb collects state and local sales tax, the $5-a-night state hotel-motel fee, and the local hotel-motel tax on its Georgia bookings. Ask any other platform what it collects, and keep records either way.Source

  2. Register for direct bookings

    If guests book and pay you directly, register for sales tax with the Georgia Tax Center and file the local hotel-motel tax with your city or county. If your city or county requires a business license or occupation tax for the rental, the DOR treats you as an innkeeper and you also owe the $5 state fee on direct bookings.Source

    Georgia Tax Center →

  3. Check your city or county

    Most of the rules are local: short-term rental permits, business licenses (occupation tax), zoning limits, and caps. Some cities ban rentals in residential zones. Pick your area.

Fulton County, Georgia

  1. Find your city

    Nearly every Fulton address is inside a city, and each city sets its own permit, zoning, and hotel-motel tax rules. Check your city on your property tax bill, then pick it below.

  2. Know what the platform collects

    Airbnb collects state and local sales tax, the $5 state fee, and the city hotel-motel tax on its bookings. For direct bookings you file them yourself.Source

City of South Fulton

  1. Apply for the permit

    File a sworn application with the $200 fee, your agent’s 24-hour contact, parking details, a code compliance form, proof of ownership, proof of $500,000 liability insurance, and the agent’s written agreement. You must also follow HOA rules.Source

  2. Post and mail the public notice

    Get the notice from Community Development, post a sign on the property for at least 15 days, and mail notice to every owner within 300 feet.Source

  3. Show the permit number

    Put the permit number in every ad and post the permit inside with the agent’s contact, maximum occupancy, and maximum vehicles.Source

  4. Taxes on each stay

    Stays here owe 7.75% sales tax, the local hotel-motel tax, and the $5-a-night state fee. Airbnb collects all three on its bookings. For direct bookings, file sales tax (and the $5 fee, if you need a local license) with the Georgia Tax Center. South Fulton’s hotel-motel tax is 8%. For direct bookings, file it with the city.Source

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A plain-language summary to help you prepare, not legal advice. Rules and fees change; confirm with the office before you apply. Spot something out of date? Email hello@licensedrental.com.