Rental Property Rules in Mississippi (2026)
11 rules on the books across Mississippi, 3 cities and counties. Select a rule to read the full details.
Severity: Few Restrictions · Light Restrictions · Some Restrictions · Significant Restrictions · Heavy Restrictions
Rent Control
Local limits on how much landlords can raise rent each year, including which properties are covered and exemptions for newer buildings.
Just Cause Eviction
Protections requiring landlords to have a valid reason to evict tenants, such as nonpayment of rent, lease violations, or owner move-in.
Rental Registration
Requirements for landlords to register rental properties with the city, including inspection programs, fees, and occupancy standards.
Jackson
Significant RestrictionsEvery rental housing unit in Jackson must be registered with the department of planning and development under City Code…
Read full rule →Rankin County
Significant RestrictionsRankin County requires every short-term rental in the unincorporated county to carry an annual permit and business…
Read full rule →Security Deposit Rules
Caps on how much landlords may collect as security deposits, return deadlines, itemized-deduction requirements, and tenant remedies for wrongfully withheld deposits.
Repairs & Habitability
The implied warranty of habitability, how long a landlord has to fix essential services (heat, water, plumbing, mold), and tenant remedies such as repair-and-deduct, rent withholding, or breaking the lease.
Mississippi: statewide
StatewideSome RestrictionsMiss. Code section 89-8-23 requires a landlord to comply with building and housing codes 'materially affecting health…
Read full rule →Gulfport
Some RestrictionsGulfport amended the International Property Maintenance Code so rental units and occupiable workspaces must have a heat…
Read full rule →Jackson
Some RestrictionsJackson enforces rental habitability through the 2018 International Property Maintenance Code as locally amended by…
Read full rule →Lease Termination & Notice to Vacate
Notice required to end a month-to-month tenancy, the rules and penalties for breaking a fixed-term lease early, and early-termination protections for active-duty military, domestic-violence survivors, and medical hardships.
Eviction Notice & Process
The notice a landlord must give before filing to evict, pay-or-quit and cure-or-quit periods, no-cause termination notice, how long the court eviction process takes in this state, and the tenant's options to respond or cure.
Squatter's Rights & Adverse Possession
When an occupant without a lease gains legal protections, the line between a trespasser and a squatter, how many years of continuous possession adverse possession requires in this state, and how an owner lawfully removes a squatter.