3 rules for unincorporated Sumner County, Tennessee.
Verified from official government sources
Neither Sumner County nor Gallatin, Hendersonville, or Portland can cap rent. Tenn. Code Ann. §66-35-102 bars every Tennessee local government from enacting rent control. Landlords set and raise rent at market rates.
Tenn. Code Ann. §66-35-102(a)
A local governmental unit shall not enact, maintain or enforce an ordinance or resolution that would have the effect of controlling the amount of rent charged for leasing private residential or commercial property.
Tennessee has no just-cause eviction law. In Sumner County a landlord may end a month-to-month tenancy without giving a reason, using the 30-day written notice under Tenn. Code Ann. §66-28-512. The state URLTA governs here.
Tenn. Code Ann. §66-28-512(b)
The landlord or the tenant may terminate a month-to-month tenancy by a written notice given to the other at least thirty (30) days prior to the periodic rental date specified in the notice.
Sumner County runs no rental registration or landlord-licensing program, and Tennessee has no statewide registry. A landlord owes the county no permit, filing, or per-unit fee to rent out a home. State URLTA duties still apply.
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