No Massachusetts statute caps short-term rental occupancy. Limits come from each town's STR bylaw and the property's septic system. Plymouth, Marshfield, and Scituate tie guest counts to bedrooms and Title 5 septic capacity.
Occupancy caps for rentals in Plymouth County are set town by town, not by county or a single statute. Towns that register STRs, including Plymouth, Marshfield, and Scituate, cap guests by bedroom count in the local rules. The harder limit is the septic system: properties off municipal sewer run on Title 5 systems sized for a set number of bedrooms, and loading more people than the design allows violates the state environmental code enforced by the town board of health. Brockton and sewered areas rely on the town bylaw alone.
Exceeding a town occupancy cap risks the STR license. Overloading a Title 5 septic system triggers a board of health order and possible fines.
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