Unincorporated Knox County places no cap on the number of nights a property may be rented short-term. There is no minimum-stay or maximum-nights-per-year rule because the county has no STR ordinance.
Knox County has adopted no short-term rental ordinance, so it imposes no annual night cap, minimum-stay, or maximum-rental-days limit in the unincorporated area. A stay of fewer than 30 continuous days is treated as taxable transient lodging for occupancy-tax purposes, but that tax rule does not cap how many nights per year a property may host guests. The City of Knoxville may set its own operating limits for permitted STRs. Tennessee's STR Unit Act constrains how local governments may restrict established units going forward.
No county night-cap penalty exists in the unincorporated area. Occupancy-tax non-filing (for stays under 30 days) triggers interest and penalties as set on the county tax return.
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