Ohio Short-Term Rental Laws by City (2026)

Statewide short-term rental rules in Ohio

Ohio has no statewide short-term rental registration, license, or permit, and no state preemption law: cities, villages, townships, and counties set their own STR rules under Ohio's municipal home-rule power (Ohio Const. art. XVIII, sec. 3). A pending preemption bill (SB 104 / HB 109, 2025-2026 session) would sharply limit local regulation, cap local STR registration fees at $20, and extend local lodging taxes to STRs with platform collection, but it remained in Senate committee as of July 2026. A separate pending bill (HB 161) would extend the state sales/use tax and local lodging taxes to all STRs with platform collection; it also remained in House committee as of July 2026. On taxes, the 5.75% state sales tax applies only to lodging furnished by a 'hotel' (5+ rooms) to transient guests, so most single-unit STRs fall outside the state tax base; local lodging taxes (generally up to 3% municipal/township plus 3% county) apply only where the locality has levied them and, for sub-5-room rentals, extended the 'hotel' definition under R.C. 5739.091.