Effective November 1, 2024, if you rent on a short-term basis (less than 32 days) you must register your rental property with the Town of Nantucket. The annual fee is currently $250. The Town has contracted with GovOS to set up and operate the local registration. When registering you must include the name of the person or entity who owns the property and the address of the property.
You should have received a letter from the Town containing an account number and activation code that allows you to register on the Town of Nantucket’s GovOS registration portal. If you have not received or misplaced the letter you can contact the Nantucket Health & Human Services Department via email at . Be sure to include the address of your rental and name of the home owner.
Maury People SIR must have copies of your state and town certificates in order to rent your property. Please email the certificates to your listing agent or to if you do not have a specific agent. Your state and town certificates should be displayed in the rental unit or placed in a homeowner’s informational booklet.
If you have any questions on registration, please directly contact the Town of Nantucket by email or GovOS by email or phone at (888) 751-1911. The town has also provided the following resources:
Town of Nantucket Short Term Rental Information
Short-term Rental Walk-through Registration Tutorial
Town of Nantucket’s GovOS registration portal.
PLEASE NOTE OUR OFFICE DOES NOT HAVE ACCESS TO YOUR MASSTAXCONNECT ACCOUNT OR TOWN OF NANTUCKET GOVOS REGISTRATION PORTAL: As your Intermediary, we collect and file your Room Occupancy Excise Tax returns each month, however, we do not have access to your state or town online accounts. We do not have the ability to view, update or change the status of your rental units nor can we alter the tax amount determined by the state at the time of filing. The calculation is automated through MassTaxConnect using the certificate number(s) you provide to our office. This makes it imperative that our office is collecting the correct amounts from tenants prior to check-in or else you, as the homeowner, are responsible for paying any additional amounts owed.