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Nightly Room Surcharge

Anyone that is in the business of renting any room, lodging, campsite or other accommodations to transients for a consideration must collect a nightly room surcharge in addition to all other taxes of every kind now imposed by law. The amount of three dollars ($3.00) per rental unit per night for such room, lodging, or other accommodation and eighty cents ($0.80) per night for each campsite in the City Limits. In the Police Jurisdiction one dollar and fifty cents ($1.50) per rental unit per night for such room, lodging, or other accommodation and forty cents ($0.40) per night for each campsite. The tax shall not apply to rooms, lodging or accommodation rented to any one (1) party for a period of one hundred and eighty (180) continuous days or more. You can make your payment in person, over the phone, or mail it in. We accept cash, check, money order or credit card.

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271 Avalon Way
Guntersville, AL 35976

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