Mississippi Fixed-Term Residential Lease Nonrenewal Letter
MISSISSIPPI FIXED-TERM RESIDENTIAL LEASE NONRENEWAL LETTER
Date sent: [DATE]
To tenant(s): [FULL LEGAL NAMES]
Delivery address: [MAILING ADDRESS]
From landlord or authorized agent: [NAME AND ADDRESS]
Rental dwelling: [STREET ADDRESS, UNIT, CITY, MISSISSIPPI ZIP]
Lease dated: [DATE]
Stated lease end date: [DATE]
Dear [TENANT NAMES]:
The fixed term of our residential rental agreement for the dwelling above ends on [DATE]. I am not offering a renewal or an extension of that term. Please surrender the dwelling and return all keys and access devices by [DATE AND TIME], consistent with the agreement and applicable law.
Mississippi Code § 89-8-17(1) provides that a rental agreement with a definite term expires on its stated date. This letter communicates my decision before that date; it does not shorten the existing term or claim that you have already held over.
Please contact [NAME, PHONE, EMAIL] to arrange a move-out inspection and key return. Send your forwarding address to [ADDRESS OR EMAIL]. Questions about rent, the deposit, or any proposed change to the move-out date may be directed to the same contact. Any agreed extension should be recorded in a writing signed by the parties.
If you believe the lease has already been renewed, extended, or is subject to a housing-program requirement affecting nonrenewal, please send the supporting information to [CONTACT] promptly so we can review it.
Sincerely,
__________________________________ Date: [DATE]
[LANDLORD OR AUTHORIZED AGENT NAME AND CAPACITY]
Reply address and contact information: [ADDRESS, PHONE, EMAIL]
Enclosures: [LEASE OR OTHER DOCUMENTS, IF ANY]
Delivery record
Method: ☐ personal delivery ☐ mail ☐ other: [METHOD]
Delivered or sent by: [NAME]
Date and address or destination: [DATE, ADDRESS]
Before sending
This is an advance nonrenewal letter for a lease that has not yet expired. Check the actual lease end date, any renewal clause, and any applicable housing-program terms. If the tenant remains after expiration, Mississippi Code § 89-8-17(2) addresses a separate notice identifying the holdover and stating that eviction proceedings will begin no earlier than three days after that later notice. Before taking that later step, review § 89-8-17(2)'s retaliation and written-condition-notice qualification. This advance letter does not replace the holdover notice.
Official source: Mississippi SB 2461 (2022), enacted text of § 89-8-17. The 2025 enacted SB 2328 was checked for its reference to § 89-8-17; it amended the related eviction-grounds section, § 89-8-31.
About this template
- Last updated
- November 13, 2026
- Citations checked
- November 13, 2026
- Jurisdiction
- Mississippi
- Category
- Landlord & Tenant
Legal authority
- Miss. Code Ann. § 89-8-17(1)-(2) (definite-term expiration and later holdover notice)
Landlord-tenant paperwork governs who can stay in a property, on what terms, and what happens when something goes wrong. Leases, notices to quit, security deposit demands, and habitability complaints all have state and often city-specific requirements for timing, content, and service. Getting the paperwork right is what makes an eviction actually succeed or a security deposit actually come back, because judges regularly dismiss cases over small procedural mistakes.
Not legal advice
This template is provided for informational purposes. We recommend having an attorney review any legal document before signing, especially for high-value or complex matters.
Checked against the law it cites
A reviewer verified this template's legal citations against the official source on November 13, 2026.
Miss. Code Ann. § 89-8-17(1) (checked November 13, 2026): "A rental agreement that fixes a definite term expires on the date stated in the rental agreement."
Miss. Code Ann. § 89-8-17(2) (checked November 13, 2026): "the landlord will commence eviction proceedings no earlier than three (3) days after such notice is provided"
Miss. Code Ann. § 89-8-17(2), retaliation condition (checked November 13, 2026): "if such actions by the landlord did not have the dominant purpose of retaliation against the tenant for his actions authorized under this chapter and the landlord received written notice of each condition which was the subject of such actions of the tenant."
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