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Blanco County, Texas

Blanco, TX vacation rental requirements

The City of Blanco requires a $300 yearly short-term rental permit with a site plan, a dimensioned floor plan, and a life-safety inspection. Stays owe 6% state plus 7% city hotel tax.

Checked against official sources November 8, 2026

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Market
About 110 Airbnb listings
City permit
$300 a year
Drawings
Site plan and floor plan
Site plan shows parking, pools, hot tubs, and fire pits; floor plan gives bedroom sizes.Source
Hotel taxes
6% state + 7% city
Airbnb doesn’t collect the city tax.Source

Your licensing checklist

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

State of Texas

  1. Know who pays the hotel tax

    Airbnb collects and pays the 6% state hotel tax on its bookings. If guests pay you directly or through a site that doesn’t collect, register with the Comptroller and file the state tax yourself.Source

    Texas hotel occupancy tax →

  2. Register for local hotel tax

    Your city (and in some places your county) charges its own hotel tax, filed with that city or county, not the state. Airbnb pays it only in the places on its list; everywhere else you register and file it yourself, even for Airbnb bookings.Source

  3. Check your city’s rules

    Many Texas cities require a short-term rental permit or registration, and some require an inspection, a local contact, or posted rules. Outside city limits there’s usually no permit, but deed restrictions and HOA rules often limit rentals. Pick your area for the local rules.Source

Blanco County, Texas

  1. Then your city

    Texas counties can’t zone, so rental rules come from the city your home is in. Outside city limits there’s usually no permit, but deed restrictions and HOA rules may limit rentals. Pick your city.Source

  2. Hotel taxes on each stay

    Stays of 29 nights or less owe the 6% state hotel tax, which Airbnb collects on its bookings. If guests pay you directly, file it with the Texas Comptroller. Outside Blanco and Johnson City, Blanco County’s 7% hotel tax applies to every stay under 30 days. Airbnb doesn’t collect it: file a quarterly return (even at zero) and mail it with a check to the County Treasurer, PO Box 471, Johnson City, TX 78636. Inside the cities you pay the city tax instead.Source

City of Blanco

  1. Draw the site and floor plans

    Prepare a site plan showing the property layout, on-site parking, and any pool, hot tub, spa, fire pit, bar, or cabana, and a floor plan with each bedroom’s size and dimensions.Source

  2. Apply to the city

    Submit the application with the $300 fee, your occupancy limit and bedroom count, and a local contact reachable 24 hours a day. The city reviews it within 15 working days and schedules a life-safety inspection.Source

    Blanco STR permit application →

  3. Hotel taxes on each stay

    Stays of 29 nights or less owe the 6% state hotel tax, which Airbnb collects on its bookings. If guests pay you directly, file it with the Texas Comptroller. Blanco’s 7% city hotel tax isn’t on Airbnb’s collection list; ask the city how to file it. If you pay the city tax, the county tax doesn’t apply.Source

Fees

$300 a year

Short-term rental permit (annual)$300

Source

Inspection checklist

What the inspector looks for, from City of Blanco’s published checklist.

  • Life-safety inspection

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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.