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Look up a Nashville short-term rental permit and when it expires

Type the address. The lookup finds the lot in Metro’s records and shows any short-term rental permit on it: the number, the type, its status and the date it expires.

Free, from Metro’s own data, updated daily. A guide, not legal advice: Metro decides every application.

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A house in East Nashville

ZoningRS5
Owner-occupied permitAllowed
Not owner-occupiedNot allowed for new permits
Permit on recordNone at this address

Metro issues no new not-owner-occupied permits in residential zones. An existing one can be renewed, but not passed on if the property is sold.

What Metro will ask for, for an owner-occupied permit

  • Four proofs that you live there
  • Notarized “True and Accurate” affidavit
  • Proof all taxes on the property are paid
  • Floor plan of every floor
  • UL217 smoke detectors
  • Inspection certificate
  • $1 million liability insurance
  • Letters to the neighbors
  • Notarized Owner Authorization Form

Filing for you is $299, charged only when Metro issues the permit.

What it shows

  • The permit number, owner-occupied or not, and whether it’s issued, pending or expired.
  • The expiry date and how many days are left. Permits last 365 days.
  • Every permit on the lot, so both halves of a duplex show up.

It reads Metro’s own register of short-term rental permits, which Metro updates daily. It never shows owners’ names or phone numbers, though the register lists them.

If a permit is coming up for renewal

Metro emails 60 and 45 days before expiry, and the permit isn’t renewed until it’s paid. Put the permit number into the free reminders on this site and we email 90, 60 and 30 days ahead too, every year.

A not-owner-occupied permit in a residential zone can’t be issued again once it lapses, and can’t be transferred if the property is sold.

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