Ulster County
Ulster County STR rules: the overview
Occupancy tax, registration, and how town rules layer on top.
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Regulation guides
Can you legally rent short-term in Ulster County?
Usually yes, and the rules differ town by town: permits, inspections, caps, and taxes. These guides answer the questions owners actually ask, with dates on every answer. We keep them current because we operate under these rules ourselves.
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County guide
What do the county-level rules cover?
Occupancy tax, registration, and how town rules layer on top. Ulster County permits short-term rentals but defers to the towns on how they are regulated, so the county guide covers what applies countywide before your town's own law comes into it.
Town-by-town guides
Do the rules change from town to town?
Yes, and that is the part that catches owners out. Permits, inspections, caps, and local-host requirements are written town by town, so the answer for your house depends on which town it sits in. Each guide below answers the question owners in that town actually ask, and carries the date it was last checked.
Saugerties
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[REG_SUMMARY]
Updated [REG_LAST_UPDATED] · [GUIDE_URL]
Woodstock
[REG_QUESTION_WOODSTOCK]
[REG_SUMMARY]
Updated [REG_LAST_UPDATED] · [GUIDE_URL]
Kingston
[REG_QUESTION_KINGSTON]
[REG_SUMMARY]
Updated [REG_LAST_UPDATED] · [GUIDE_URL]
Accord
[REG_QUESTION_ACCORD]
[REG_SUMMARY]
Updated [REG_LAST_UPDATED] · [GUIDE_URL]
Pine Bush
[REG_QUESTION_PINE BUSH]
[REG_SUMMARY]
Updated [REG_LAST_UPDATED] · [GUIDE_URL]
Kerhonkson
[REG_QUESTION_KERHONKSON]
[REG_SUMMARY]
Updated [REG_LAST_UPDATED] · [GUIDE_URL]
Hurley
[REG_QUESTION_HURLEY]
[REG_SUMMARY]
Updated [REG_LAST_UPDATED] · [GUIDE_URL]
West Hurley
[REG_QUESTION_WEST HURLEY]
[REG_SUMMARY]
Updated [REG_LAST_UPDATED] · [GUIDE_URL]
Stone Ridge
[REG_QUESTION_STONE RIDGE]
[REG_SUMMARY]
Updated [REG_LAST_UPDATED] · [GUIDE_URL]
High Falls
[REG_QUESTION_HIGH FALLS]
[REG_SUMMARY]
Updated [REG_LAST_UPDATED] · [GUIDE_URL]
New Paltz
[REG_QUESTION_NEW PALTZ]
[REG_SUMMARY]
Updated [REG_LAST_UPDATED] · [GUIDE_URL]
Marbletown
[REG_QUESTION_MARBLETOWN]
[REG_SUMMARY]
Updated [REG_LAST_UPDATED] · [GUIDE_URL]
Gardiner
[REG_QUESTION_GARDINER]
[REG_SUMMARY]
Updated [REG_LAST_UPDATED] · [GUIDE_URL]
The Berkshires
[REG_QUESTION_THE BERKSHIRES]
[REG_SUMMARY]
Updated [REG_LAST_UPDATED] · [GUIDE_URL]
Until a town's guide is published, the fastest honest answer is your town's building department. We will point you to the current regulation for your town if we know it, and say so plainly if we do not.
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