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who are being treated for trauma, injury, or disease, or their family <br />members. <br />(10) "Short-term rental advertisement" means any method of <br />soliciting use of a dwelling unit for short-term rental purposes. <br />(11) "Short-term rental platform" or "platform" means a person <br />that provides a means through which an operator may offer a dwelling <br />unit, or portion thereof, for short-term rental use, and from which <br />the person or entity financially benefits. Merely publishing a short- <br />term rental advertisement for accommodations does not make the <br />publisher a short-term rental platform. [2019 c 346 § 1.1 <br />RCW 64.37.020 Taxes. Short-term rental operators must remit all <br />applicable local, state, and federal taxes unless the platform does <br />this on the operator's behalf. This includes occupancy, sales, <br />lodging, and other taxes, fees, and assessments to which an owner or <br />operator of a hotel or bed and breakfast is subject in the <br />jurisdiction in which the short-term rental is located. If the short- <br />term rental platform collects and remits an occupancy, sales, lodging, <br />and other tax, fee, or assessment to which a short-term rental <br />operator is subject on behalf of such operator, the platform must <br />collect and remit such tax to the appropriate authorities. [2019 c <br />346 § 2.1 <br />RCW 64.37.030 Consumer safety. (1) All short-term rental <br />operators who offer dwelling units, or portions thereof, for short- <br />term rental use in the state of Washington must: <br />(a) Provide contact information to all short-term rental guests <br />during a guest's stay. The contact must be available to respond to <br />inquiries at the short-term rental during the length of stay; <br />(b) Provide that their short-term rental is in compliance with <br />RCW 19.27.530 and any rules adopted by the state building code council <br />regarding the installation of carbon monoxide alarms; and <br />(c) Post the following information in a conspicuous place within <br />each dwelling unit used as a short-term rental: <br />(i) The short-term rental street address; <br />(ii) The emergency contact information for summoning police, <br />fire, or emergency medical services; <br />(iii) The floor plan indicating fire exits and escape routes; <br />(iv) The maximum occupancy limits; and <br />(v) The contact information for the operator or designated <br />contact. <br />(2) Short-term rental platforms must provide short-term rental <br />operators with a summary of the consumer safety requirements in <br />subsection (1) of this section. <br />(3) For a first violation of this section, the city or county <br />attorney must issue a warning letter to the owner or operator. An <br />owner that violates this section after receiving a warning letter is <br />guilty of a class 2 civil infraction under chapter 7.80 RCW. [2019 c <br />346 § 3.1 <br />RCW 64.37.040 Short-term rental platforms. (1) No short-term <br />rental platform may engage in the business in the state of Washington <br />unless the short-term rental platform is in compliance with the <br />requirements of this chapter. <br />Certified on 9/1/2023 Combined Chapter 64.37 RCW Page 2 <br />