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RCW 64.37.010 Definitions.
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The definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter unless the context clearly requires otherwise.(1) "Contact" means the operator or the operator's representative who is the point of contact for any short-term rental guest for the duration of the guest's stay in the sh…
RCW 64.37.020 Taxes.
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Short-term rental operators must remit all applicable local, state, and federal taxes unless the platform does this on the operator's behalf. This includes occupancy, sales, lodging, and other taxes, fees, and assessments to which an owner or operator of a hotel or bed and breakf…
RCW 64.37.030 Consumer safety.
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(1) All short-term rental operators who offer dwelling units, or portions thereof, for short-term rental use in the state of Washington must:(a) Provide contact information to all short-term rental guests during a guest's stay. The contact must be available to respond to inquirie…
RCW 64.37.040 Short-term rental platforms.
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(1) No short-term rental platform may engage in the business in the state of Washington unless the short-term rental platform is in compliance with the requirements of this chapter.(2) A short-term rental platform must register with the department.(3) Short-term rental platforms …
RCW 64.37.050 Liability insurance.
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A short-term rental operator must maintain primary liability insurance to cover the short-term rental dwelling unit in the aggregate of not less than one million dollars or conduct each short-term rental transaction through a platform that provides equal or greater primary liabil…