Yellowstone County imposes no annual night cap on short-term rentals. The City of Billings does not cap the number of rental nights either; instead it limits STRs to one permit per dwelling and requires the stay to be under 30 days to qualify as short-term.
There is no rule in unincorporated Yellowstone County limiting how many nights per year a property may be rented short-term. The City of Billings also does not impose an annual night cap; it controls STRs through permitting (one STR permit per dwelling) and the short-term definition itself — a rental of fewer than 30 consecutive days. A stay of 30 continuous days or more to the same purchaser falls outside the short-term category and is exempt from the state lodging tax. Because neither the county nor Billings sets a maximum-nights ceiling, a permitted STR may operate year-round, subject to permit conditions and payment of the Montana lodging facility sales and use tax.
No night-cap penalty exists at the county or Billings level. General permit-condition violations in Billings can still lead to code enforcement and civil penalties.
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