{"data":{"id":"us-tn/tenn.-code-ann.-13-7-602","jurisdiction":"us-tn","citation":"Tenn. Code Ann. § 13-7-602","heading":"Part definitions","body":"As used in this part: (1) \"Effectively prohibit\" means a local governing body acts or fails to act in a manner that prevents a property owner from using the owner's property as a short-term rental unit after reasonable compliance with generally applicable local laws; (2) \"Generally applicable local law\" means an ordinance, resolution, regulation, rule, or other requirement of any type other than zoning enacted, maintained, or enforced by a local governing body that applies to all property or use of all property and does not apply only to property used as a short-term rental unit; (3) \"Local governing body\" means the legislative body of a city, municipality, county, or other political subdivision of this state that has authority to enact a zoning ordinance, resolution, regulation, rule, or other requirement of any type regarding land use in its jurisdiction; (4) \"Prohibit\" means to forbid or ban the operation of short-term rental units, either permanently or temporarily, within a local governing body's jurisdiction, portion of the local governing body's jurisdiction, or a portion of an owner's property; (5) \"Property\" means a tract of land as recorded with the register of deeds office of the county where the property is located; (6) \"Provider\" means any person engaged in renting a short-term rental unit and includes an owner of a residential unit that is made available through a vacation lodging service as that term is defined in § 62-13-104 ; (7) \"Residential dwelling\" means a cabin, house, or structure used or designed to be used as an abode or home of a person, family, or household, and includes a single-family dwelling, a portion of a single-family dwelling, or an individual residential dwelling in a multi-dwelling building, such as an apartment building, condominium, cooperative, or timeshare; (8) \"Short-term rental unit\" or \"unit\" means a residential dwelling that is rented wholly or partially for a fee for a period of less than thirty (30) continuous days and does not include a hotel as defined in § 68-14-302 or a bed and breakfast establishment or a bed and breakfast homestay as those terms are defined in § 68-14-502 ; (9) \"Transferred\" means: (A) An interest in real estate was conveyed on or after May 17, 2018; and (B) The conveyance is exempt from the recordation tax pursuant to § 67-4-409(a)(1)(C)(i) (a) , (v), and (vii); and (10) \"Used as a short-term rental unit\" means the property was held out to the public for use as a short-term rental unit, and: (A) For property that began being held out to the public for use as a short-term rental unit within the jurisdiction of a local governing body that required a permit to be issued or an application to be approved pursuant to an ordinance specifically governing short-term rental units prior to using the property as a short-term rental unit, a permit was issued or an application was approved by the local governing body for the property; or (B) For property that began being held out to the public for use as a short-term rental unit within the jurisdiction of a local governing body that did not require a permit to be issued or an application to be approved pursuant to an ordinance specifically governing short-term rental units, the provider remitted taxes due on renting the unit pursuant to title 67, chapter 6, part 5 for filing periods that cover at least six (6) months within the twelve-month period immediately preceding the later of: (i) May 17, 2018; or (ii) The effective date of an ordinance, resolution, regulation, rule, or other requirement by a local governing body having jurisdiction over the property requiring a permit or an application to be approved pursuant to an ordinance specifically governing short-term rental units. Amended by 2020 Tenn. Acts, ch. 787, s 5, eff. 7/15/2020. Added by 2018 Tenn. Acts, ch. 972, s 1, eff. 5/17/2018.\nAs used in this part:\nve date of an ordinance, resolution, regulation, rule, or other requirement by a local governing body having jurisdiction over the property requiring a permit or an application to be approved pursuant to an ordinance specifically governing short-term rental units. Amended by 2020 Tenn. Acts, ch. 787, s 5, eff. 7/15/2020. Added by 2018 Tenn. Acts, ch. 972, s 1, eff. 5/17/2018.\nAs used in this part:\n(1) \"Effectively prohibit\" means a local governing body acts or fails to act in a manner that prevents a property owner from using the owner's property as a short-term rental unit after reasonable compliance with generally applicable local laws;\n(2) \"Generally applicable local law\" means an ordinance, resolution, regulation, rule, or other requirement of any type other than zoning enacted, maintained, or enforced by a local governing body that applies to all property or use of all property and does not apply only to property used as a short-term rental unit;\n(3) \"Local governing body\" means the legislative body of a city, municipality, county, or other political subdivision of this state that has authority to enact a zoning ordinance, resolution, regulation, rule, or other requirement of any type regarding land use in its jurisdiction;\n(4) \"Prohibit\" means to forbid or ban the operation of short-term rental units, either permanently or temporarily, within a local governing body's jurisdiction, portion of the local governing body's jurisdiction, or a portion of an owner's property;\n(5) \"Property\" means a tract of land as recorded with the register of deeds office of the county where the property is located;\n(6) \"Provider\" means any person engaged in renting a short-term rental unit and includes an owner of a residential unit that is made available through a vacation lodging service as that term is defined in § 62-13-104 ;\n(7) \"Residential dwelling\" means a cabin, house, or structure used or designed to be used as an abode or home of a person, family, or household, and includes a single-family dwelling, a portion of a single-family dwelling, or an individual residential dwelling in a multi-dwelling building, such as an apartment building, condominium, cooperative, or timeshare;\n(8) \"Short-term rental unit\" or \"unit\" means a residential dwelling that is rented wholly or partially for a fee for a period of less than thirty (30) continuous days and does not include a hotel as defined in § 68-14-302 or a bed and breakfast establishment or a bed and breakfast homestay as those terms are defined in § 68-14-502 ;\n(9) \"Transferred\" means: (A) An interest in real estate was conveyed on or after May 17, 2018; and (B) The conveyance is exempt from the recordation tax pursuant to § 67-4-409(a)(1)(C)(i) (a) , (v), and (vii); and\n(A) An interest in real estate was conveyed on or after May 17, 2018; and\n(B) The conveyance is exempt from the recordation tax pursuant to § 67-4-409(a)(1)(C)(i) (a) , (v), and (vii); and\n) \"Transferred\" means: (A) An interest in real estate was conveyed on or after May 17, 2018; and (B) The conveyance is exempt from the recordation tax pursuant to § 67-4-409(a)(1)(C)(i) (a) , (v), and (vii); and\n(A) An interest in real estate was conveyed on or after May 17, 2018; and\n(B) The conveyance is exempt from the recordation tax pursuant to § 67-4-409(a)(1)(C)(i) (a) , (v), and (vii); and\n(10) \"Used as a short-term rental unit\" means the property was held out to the public for use as a short-term rental unit, and: (A) For property that began being held out to the public for use as a short-term rental unit within the jurisdiction of a local governing body that required a permit to be issued or an application to be approved pursuant to an ordinance specifically governing short-term rental units prior to using the property as a short-term rental unit, a permit was issued or an application was approved by the local governing body for the property; or (B) For property that began being held out to the public for use as a short-term rental unit within the jurisdiction of a local governing body that did not require a permit to be issued or an application to be approved pursuant to an ordinance specifically governing short-term rental units, the provider remitted taxes due on renting the unit pursuant to title 67, chapter 6, part 5 for filing periods that cover at least six (6) months within the twelve-month period immediately preceding the later of: (i) May 17, 2018; or (ii) The effective date of an ordinance, resolution, regulation, rule, or other requirement by a local governing body having jurisdiction over the property requiring a permit or an application to be approved pursuant to an ordinance specifically governing short-term rental units.\n(A) For property that began being held out to the public for use as a short-term rental unit within the jurisdiction of a local governing body that required a permit to be issued or an application to be approved pursuant to an ordinance specifically governing short-term rental units prior to using the property as a short-term rental unit, a permit was issued or an application was approved by the local governing body for the property; or\n(B) For property that began being held out to the public for use as a short-term rental unit within the jurisdiction of a local governing body that did not require a permit to be issued or an application to be approved pursuant to an ordinance specifically governing short-term rental units, the provider remitted taxes due on renting the unit pursuant to title 67, chapter 6, part 5 for filing periods that cover at least six (6) months within the twelve-month period immediately preceding the later of: (i) May 17, 2018; or (ii) The effective date of an ordinance, resolution, regulation, rule, or other requirement by a local governing body having jurisdiction over the property requiring a permit or an application to be approved pursuant to an ordinance specifically governing short-term rental units.\n(i) May 17, 2018; or\n(ii) The effective date of an ordinance, resolution, regulation, rule, or other requirement by a local governing body having jurisdiction over the property requiring a permit or an application to be approved pursuant to an ordinance specifically governing short-term rental units.","path":["TN Code","Title 13","Chapter 7"],"source_url":"https://oss-data-us.vaquill.ai/v2026.08/us_tn_statutes.parquet","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:26Z","sha256":"f8e057a524be9228fcea53b792606d4e062be00a88b5b67c8314dcab99f80317","source_id":"us-tn","stale":false,"prev":"us-tn/tenn.-code-ann.-13-7-601","next":"us-tn/tenn.-code-ann.-13-7-603"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. 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