Rent Increase Notice Requirements in Mississippi

At a glance

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).