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Short-term rental rules (preview)
What you get free: the city's core registration + lodging tax to confirm.
Full packet, fine exposure, and stage checklist are in the $49 report below.
Registration / license
Short-Term Rental Property (STRP) Permit — two types: Owner-Occupied and Not Owner-Occupied (NOOSTR).
Cost$313 permit + $313/yr renewal
What changed — Owner-occupied requires the owner to permanently reside there AND be a NATURAL PERSON (LLCs, corporations, trusts, partnerships are ineligible). New not-owner-occupied permits are NOT issued in AR2A, R, RS or RM zoning — only in ~29 mixed-use/office/commercial/downtown districts. Max 4 sleeping rooms; occupancy 2×rooms+4, capped at 12; single guest party; 24-hour minimum, 30-day maximum stay. Do NOT list before the permit issues.
Lodging / occupancy tax
Metro STR occupancy tax + state/local sales tax
RateMetro local occupancy tax 7% + $2.50 per night (7% effective Jul 1 2023, BL2022-1529) filed on a separate STR occupancy return due the 20th monthly. Sales tax 9.75% total = 7% state + 2.75% Davidson County (local rose from 2.25% on Feb 1 2025). When booked through a marketplace (Airbnb/Vrbo) the platform collects and remits; booked direct, you remit. Business tax applies to stays under 180 days. Confirm the STR-specific rate with Metro Finance Collections, 615-862-6151.
Paid toMetro Finance Collections Office + Tennessee Department of Revenue
Key deadline (confirm at source)
Nashville has NO ordinance obligating platforms to delist unpermitted units (unlike Austin) — do NOT tell an operator their listing must be removed by the platform. Metro enforces directly instead, and does so proactively: it contracted Granicus (Host Compliance) for short-term rental monitoring on a 10-year term (Ord. BL2022-1474, approved Nov 2 2022), and funds dedicated STR Inspector positions (BL2022-1253, BL2025-838). Complaints route through hubNashville / 311 (615-862-5000), where state law requires notice that false complaints against an STR provider are punishable as perjury.
Penalty band exists in city code
$50 per day (each day a separate offense)
· Full statute cite + what gaps trigger it → in the $49 report
🔒 In the $49 report (not free)