{"data":{"id":"us-dc/d.c.-code-30-201.01","jurisdiction":"us-dc","citation":"D.C. Code § 30-201.01","heading":"Definitions.","body":"For the purposes of this subchapter, the term:\n\n(a)\n(1)\n\"Booking service\" means any person or entity that facilitates short-term rental reservations and collects payment for lodging in a short-term rental.  A booking service shall be a room remarketer within the meaning of § 47-2001(o-1).\n(2)\n\"Department\" means the Department of Licensing and Consumer Protection or its successor agency.\n(3)\n\"Host\" means a natural person who uses a booking service to provide a short-term rental to a transient guest.  A host shall be a vendor within the meaning of §§ 47-2001(w) and 47-2201(g).\n(4)\n\"Primary residence\" means the property is eligible for the homestead deduction pursuant to § 47-850.\n(5)\n\"Short-term rental\" means paid lodging for transient guests with the host present, unless it is a vacation rental.  A short-term rental is not a hotel, inn, motel, boarding house, rooming house, or bed and breakfast.  A short-term rental operates within a portion of the host's residential property, unless it is a vacation rental.\n(6)\n\"Vacation rental\" means a short-term rental that operates within a host's residential property wherein a transient guest has exclusive use of the host's property during the transient guest's stay and the host is not present on the premises.  A vacation rental is subject to additional restrictions, including § 30-201.06(e).","path":["Title 30. Hotels, Lodging Houses, and Short-term Rentals.","Chapter 2. Short-term Rental Regulation.","Subchapter I. General."],"source_url":"https://code.dccouncil.gov/us/dc/council/code/sections/30-201.01","current_through":"2026-08-20 (D.C. Law 26-175)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-29T05:44:07Z","sha256":"08ef9f47211bcd98cd312a7bef31b25c24a75527fdbfc03dc1b886260ad60ec5","source_id":"us-dc","stale":false,"prev":"us-dc/d.c.-code-30-103","next":"us-dc/d.c.-code-30-201.02"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}