Ventura County Municipal Code Art. 2 Registration

Within 30 days after the effective date of this Division, or within 30 days after commencing business, whichever is later, each operator of any hotel renting occupancy to transients shall register the hotel with the tax collector. Upon such registration the tax collector shall issue to such operator a "Transient Occupancy Registration Certificate."

The operator shall post, and at all times keep posted, in a conspicuous place on the premises of the hotel, the Transient Occupancy Registration Certificate.

The Transient Occupancy Registration Certificate shall, among other things, state the following:

a. The name of the operator;

b. The address of the hotel;

c. The date upon which the certificate was issued;

d. The following notice:

"This Transient Occupancy Registration Certificate signifies that the person named on the face hereof has fulfilled the requirements of the Uniform Transient Occupancy Tax Ordinance by registering with the tax collector for the purpose of collecting from transients the Transient Occupancy Tax and remitting said tax to the tax collector. This certificate does not authorize any person to conduct any unlawful business or to conduct any lawful business in an unlawful manner, nor to operate a hotel without strictly complying with all the local applicable laws, including but not limited to those requiring a permit from any board, commission, department or office of this County. This Certificate does not constitute a permit."