Any person opening a business within the city limits of Graysville, Tennessee must apply for a City Business License at the Municipal Building.  The cost of a new business license is $15.00 plus a $5.00 Processing fee for a total of $20.00.  If a business license is not applied for within 20 days of commencing business, penalty and interest begin to accrue.

Once the business License Application has been filled out please mail or drop the application off at:

Graysville Municipal Building
Attn: City Recorder
136 Harrison Ave.
Graysville, TN 37338
(423) 775-9242

If the business is within the City limits of Graysville, business owners must have a City and County Business License. The County License can be obtained at the County Clerk’s Office located at 375 Church St in the back of the Regions Bank Building Dayton (423) 775-7808.

A Business Tax Act License and Tax Report are to be filed each year at the end of the tax period for the businesses classification. Penalty and interest will accrue 60 days after the ending of the appropriate tax period.

Improper outdoor burning can lead to fines up to $25,000.

Burn permits are now granted by the Forestry Department.

Call (423) 775-0151

A permit will be issued to burn the following items if grown on site: Leaves, branches, tree limbs, twigs or lawn clippings.

Anyone burning the following items will be cited to court.

Tires and other rubber products, vinyl siding, vinyl shingles, plastics and other synthetic materials, paper products, cardboard, newspaper, asphalt shingles, other asphalt roofing materials, demolition debris, materials containing asbestos, paints, household chemicals, agricultural chemicals, aerosol cans, food cans, building material, construction debris, buildings, mobile homes, copper wire, electrical wire, household trash, leaves, branches, trees not grown on site.

Visit www.BurnSafeTN.org for more information.