3 rules for unincorporated Williamson County, Tennessee.
Verified from official government sources
Rent control is illegal across Williamson County. Tennessee Code §66-35-102 bars every county and city from enacting or enforcing any ordinance controlling the rent charged for private property, so Franklin and Brentwood landlords set and raise rent at market.
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, and Williamson County cannot add one. Under §66-28-512 a landlord ends a month-to-month tenancy with 30 days' written notice; nonpayment gets a 14-day notice under §66-28-505, then a detainer suit.
Tenn. Code Ann. §66-28-512(a)
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.
Williamson County runs no rental registration or landlord licensing. There is no county registry, annual rental permit, or mandatory rental inspection, so a landlord owes the county no filing or fee to rent out a home. State URLTA still applies.
Tenn. Code Ann. §66-28-301(a)
All landlords of residential property requiring security deposits prior to occupancy are required to deposit all tenants' security deposits in an account used only for that purpose, in any bank or other lending institution subject to regulation by the state or any agency of the United States government.
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