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Pulaski County, VA vacation rental rules and taxes

Pulaski County, home to Claytor Lake, has no short-term rental use or registry in its zoning ordinance. The code covers paid lodging as a bed and breakfast (owner on site, up to six rooms) or as a hotel or motel, a use whose definition includes tourist homes and that is listed only in commercial-type districts. Stays pay 5.3% sales tax plus the county’s 5% lodging tax; the Town of Pulaski charges 6%.

Checked against official sources November 7, 2026
Market
Dublin 28 Airbnb listings
AirROI doesn’t list Claytor Lake or Pulaski separately.Source
County rental rules
No short-term rental use
In the Unified Development Ordinance as amended through February 2024.Source
Bed and breakfast
Allowed with standards in most districts
The owner lives there; up to six rooms; breakfast only.Source
Hotel, motel, or tourist home
Commercial districts
Special use permit in RC; by right in CM, LI, and PUD.Source
Taxes
5.3% sales + 5% lodging tax
Town of Pulaski 6%; Dublin none.Source

We checked the county’s Unified Development Ordinance (as amended through February 2024) and news coverage in November 2026 and found no short-term rental rules. Confirm with the Pulaski County Planning & Zoning before you list.

What to do

  1. Ask how your rental is classified

    Before you buy or list, ask Pulaski County Planning & Zoning whether a whole-home rental counts as a tourist home (part of the hotel and motel use, listed only in commercial-type districts) or is treated as an ordinary dwelling. Lakefront lots in the Claytor Lake Overlay have extra permit rules.Source

  2. Taxes on each stay

    Stays under 90 days owe 5.3% sales tax, and stays under 30 days also owe the local transient occupancy tax. Airbnb collects both on its bookings. If guests pay you directly, file sales tax with Virginia Tax. Pulaski County’s lodging tax is 5%. For direct bookings, ask the Commissioner of the Revenue how to register and file.Source

  3. Then your town or area

    Each incorporated town sets its own zoning and lodging tax; the county’s rules apply outside town limits. Pick your area.

Towns

Full guide

Dublin

We found no short-term rental rules for Dublin. Stays owe 5.3% sales tax + the county’s 5% lodging tax (ask); Airbnb collects these on its bookings.

Full guide

Pulaski

We found no short-term rental rules for Pulaski. Stays owe 5.3% sales tax + 6% town lodging tax; Airbnb collects these on its bookings.

Sources

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