Mississippi: Rent Increase Notice Requirements
The short answer
Mississippi states no general advance-notice period, amount cap, or frequency limit for an ordinary residential rent increase. A fixed-term agreement expires on its stated date, and Miss. Code § 89-8-17 authorizes a rent increase only after that expiration, subject to its retaliation condition. The separate seven-day and 30-day periods in § 89-8-19 terminate periodic tenancies; they are not rent-change notice periods.
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| Governing law | Miss. Code §§ 89-8-17 and 89-8-19; local rent regulation generally requires prior legislative approval (§§ 19-3-40(3)(g), 21-17-5(2)(h)) |
|---|---|
| Advance notice required | No statewide rent-increase notice period stated; § 89-8-19's 7-day and 30-day periods terminate periodic tenancies rather than change rent |
| Statewide limit on the increase | No statewide percentage or formula cap stated; counties and municipalities generally need prior legislative approval to regulate private residential rent |
| Homes and landlords exempt from the cap | N/A No statewide cap; the local-authority limits exclude property in which the county or municipality has a property interest |
| How often rent may increase | No separate statewide frequency limit stated |
| Notice form, content, and service | No rent-increase-specific form, content, or service rule stated; do not import the written termination notices in § 89-8-19 |
| Increase during a fixed lease | No general unilateral increase during a fixed term; § 89-8-17 permits a landlord to demand an increase after the agreement expires |
| Tenant's remedies | § 89-8-17 conditions a post-expiration increase on no dominant retaliatory purpose and statutory written notice; no special damages amount is stated, but general law-and-equity remedies remain (§ 89-8-3(1)) |
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Mississippi's state-law rule
Mississippi Code § 89-8-17 supplies the timing rule for a fixed agreement.
The agreement “expires on the date stated,” and the landlord may demand a rent
increase “after the expiration of the rental agreement.” The statute does not
state an advance-notice period, percentage cap, annual frequency limit, or
mandatory increase form.
The Residential Landlord and Tenant Act does not create a general power to
change the agreed rent before a fixed term ends. The statutory increase
authority itself begins after expiration.
What trips people up
The numbers in § 89-8-19 are termination periods. A week-to-week tenancy
may be terminated by at least seven days' written notice, and a month-to-month
tenancy by at least 30 days' written notice. The section does not say that
either period continues the tenancy at a higher rent, so this survey does not
relabel those deadlines as rent-increase notice.
Section 89-8-17 also conditions the post-expiration increase authority on
the landlord's action not having the dominant purpose of retaliation and on
the landlord having received the written notice described in the section.
Mississippi states no special damages amount for that condition. Current
§ 89-8-3(1) preserves other rights and remedies at law or in equity that
the chapter does not prohibit.
Counties and municipalities generally cannot create their own private-rent
controls without prior legislative approval. Sections 19-3-40(3)(g) and
21-17-5(2)(h) exclude locally owned property from that restriction and
allow regulation specifically authorized by another state law.
Common questions
Does Mississippi require 30 days before a month-to-month rent increase?
Not in the rent-increase statute. Section 89-8-19 uses 30 days to terminate a
month-to-month tenancy. It does not prescribe notice for continuing the same
tenancy at a higher rent.
Can rent rise before a one-year lease ends?
Section 89-8-17 authorizes the landlord to demand an increase after the rental
agreement expires. It does not supply a general unilateral mid-term increase
procedure.
How large can the increase be?
The Residential Landlord and Tenant Act states no percentage, CPI formula, or
other statewide amount cap for the ordinary private tenancy covered here.
Statutes and sources
- Miss. Code § 89-8-17. Fixed-term expiration, post-expiration rent
increase, and retaliation condition — official brought-forward text
(accessed July 13, 2026; wording checked through the 2026 session). - Miss. Code § 89-8-19. Separate termination notices for periodic
tenancies — official brought-forward text
(accessed July 13, 2026; wording checked through the 2026 session). - Miss. Code § 89-8-3(1), as amended by 2025 SB 2328: chapter scope and
preservation of law-and-equity remedies — official enacted text
(accessed July 13, 2026). - Miss. Code §§ 19-3-40(3)(g), 21-17-5(2)(h). County and municipal limits
on private residential rent regulation — official brought-forward text
(accessed July 13, 2026; wording checked through the 2026 session).
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