Before you rent your Door County property, please...

  • Contact your Municipal Clerk - Verify that your zoning classification allows for transient housing.  You will need to contact your Municipal Clerk to determine if your property falls under County Zoning or Municipal Zoning.  While most properties can be offered for rent, some zoning districts and/or condominium associations limit the number of times you can rent it out.  Property offered for any period less than 30 consecutive days is referred to as "Transient Housing".  (as defined under State Statute 77.52(2)(a)1 )

  • Schedule an Inspection - Your property will need to pass the State Health Inspection and has been issued a PERMIT by the Wisconsin Department of Health and Family Services.  Click HERE for the Health Inspector's contact information

  • Register with the State - Fees collected for Transient Housing are subject to State and County Sales Tax of 5.5%.  Sales Tax Information

  • Register with the Commission - If your property is located within a municipality that has joined the Door County Tourism Zone, you are required to register your property with the zone's commission for the collection and reporting of the additional 5.5% Room Tax.  Commission Information can be found HERE

  • Join the Door County Visitor Bureau - Not only does your membership include your basic web page on DoorCounty.com and grant you access to some of the County's most effective marketing opportunities, it also supports our efforts to promote Door County to the traveling public - to increase your number of overnight stays.  Membership Information and Contracts can be found HERE

Health Inspectors Serving Door County

  • To request a Rental Inspection, please contact Steve Bell at bellsm@dhfs.state.wi.us or by calling 920-362-1092.
  • If you require an inspection for a Sale or Transfer of Ownership, please contact Amy Davis at davisam1@dhfs.state.wi.us   or by calling 920-360-4301

Green Bay/Northeastern Region
Division of Public Health
200 N. Jefferson, Suite 511

Green Bay, WI  54301-5123
Phone: 920-448-5223

FAX: 920-448-5265

Sales Tax information

http://www.dor.state.wi.us/faqs/pcs/seller.html

Business Tax Registration FAQ's: http://www.dor.state.wi.us/faqs/pcs/btr.html

Department of Revenue publication addressing sales tax for lodging businesses: http://www.dor.state.wi.us/pubs/pb219.pdf

 

Room Tax Information

 

Any accomodation offered for less than 30 consecutive days within the Door County Tourism Zone are subject to a 5.5% Room Tax.  Before you start renting your property, please contact the Door County Tourism Zone by calling (920)854-6200 or by e-mailing the commission at: DCTourismZoneCommission@gmail.com to obtain proper permits and instructions for the collection and reporting of room tax.  There is no fee for registering your property.

 

Additional Room Tax information/applications/instructions/assistance are now posted online at: intranet.sisterbay.com  

Here's a direct link to the information: http://intranet.sisterbay.com/Tourism%20Zone%20Commission/Forms/AllItems.aspx

 

The following municipalities have joined the Door County Tourism Zone to promote Door County as a single premier travel destination:

 

Town of Baileys Harbor

Town of Egg Harbor

Village of Egg Harbor

Village of Ephraim

Town of Gibraltar

Town of Jacksonport

Town of Liberty Grove

Town of Nasewaupee

Town of Sevastopol

Village of Sister Bay

Town of Washington

 

PLEASE NOTE: The collection and reporting of Room Tax is mandated by law in these municipalities.

New Member information & applications for the Door County Visitor Bureau

Door County Visitor Bureau Membership Information

State information for Tourist Rooming Houses (Vacation Rentals/Transient Housing, etc.)

77.52 (2 )(a )1.      
1. The furnishing of rooms or lodging to transients by hotelkeepers, motel operators and other persons furnishing accommodations that are available to the public, irrespective of whether membership is required for use of the accommodations. In this subdivision, "transient" means any person residing for a continuous period of less than one month in a hotel, motel or other furnished accommodations available to the public. In this subdivision, "hotel" or "motel" means a building or group of buildings in which the public may obtain accommodations for a consideration, including, without limitation, such establishments as inns, motels, tourist homes, tourist houses or courts, lodging houses, rooming houses, summer camps, apartment hotels, resort lodges and cabins and any other building or group of buildings in which accommodations are available to the public, except accommodations, including mobile homes as defined in s. 66.0435 (1 ) (d), rented for a continuous period of more than one month and accommodations furnished by any hospitals, sanatoriums, or nursing homes, or by corporations or associations organized and operated exclusively for religious, charitable or educational purposes provided that no part of the net earnings of such corporations and associations inures to the benefit of any private shareholder or individual. In this subdivision, "one month" means a calendar month or 30 days, whichever is less, counting the first day of the rental and not counting the last day of the rental.

 

If you come across any other helpful links, please let me know.  Phil  phil@doorcounty.com