Mississippi rental housing laws

What Mississippi has enacted on rental housing, what each law requires, and what the bills still moving would do. Mississippi is one of 42 states that enacted a rental housing law in the 2025 and 2026 sessions.

Bills in scope
10bills in scope
Past committee
3past committee
Most recent action
6 April 2026most recent action

Rental housing laws enacted in Mississippi

3 rental housing laws enacted in the Mississippi Legislature in the 2025 and 2026 sessions, newest first. Each links to the legislature's own page.

  • HB 1837Noxubee County; authorize tax on short term rentals to promote tourism, parks and recreation within.Enacted 6 April 2026

    What it requires: The Board of Supervisors of Noxubee County may levy a tax not exceeding two percent of gross proceeds of sales from short term rentals, but only after adopting a resolution, publishing notice for three consecutive weeks, and obtaining approval from sixty percent of qualified electors voting in an election. Persons, firms, or corporations operating short term rentals must collect and remit the tax.

    Short-term rentals

  • HB 1200"Real Property Owners Protection Act"; create.Took effect 1 July 2025

    What it requires: Owners or their agents must file a sworn affidavit with law enforcement to expel squatters. Law enforcement must issue a citation within 24 hours commanding the alleged squatter to vacate or contest within 3 days. Courts must hold hearings within 7 days using preponderance of evidence standard. Squatters must vacate within 24 hours of judgment unless emergency circumstances justify shorter periods.

  • SB 2328Real property; clarify eviction procedures, provide procedure for removal from RV parks.Enacted 10 April 2025

    What it requires: Owners and operating agents of recreational vehicle parks may refuse accommodations to persons displaying intoxication, profanity, lewdness, brawling, nonpayment of rent, disruptive conduct, illegal conduct, or conduct constituting a nuisance or safety hazard. They may request immediate departure and call law enforcement for removal. Refusal may not be based on race, color, national origin, sex, physical disability, or creed.

    Eviction procedure

Rental housing in Mississippi, by topic

Rental housing bills in Mississippi

The bills not yet law, furthest along first, with what each would do.

3Enacted

7Introduced or inactive

10 bills in scope

Introduced or inactive

7

HB 1479Sharia law; prohibit use in contracts and MS law.In committee

What it would do: Prohibits Mississippi courts from enforcing contracts, judgments, or orders based on foreign law, including Sharia law, if it violates state or federal constitutional rights, particularly in marriage, divorce, custody, adoption, and inheritance matters.

HB 499Landlord tenant provisions; revise time periods for eviction and removal.In committee

What it would do: Revises Mississippi eviction procedures by requiring service of summons and complaint within 72 hours of filing, setting court dates within 14 days, removing court authority to extend removal dates, allowing termination of rental agreements with 7 days notice for material breach, and limiting eviction hearing adjournments to one time not exceeding 10 days.

SB 2012Justice court; increase jurisdictional limit for residential evictions.In committee

What it would do: Increases the jurisdictional limit for justice court judges hearing residential landlord and tenant cases under Title 89, Chapter 8 from an unspecified amount to Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00), effective July 1, 2026.

HB 1352Landlord/tenant; extend notice of rental termination for nonpayment of rent.In committee

What it would do: Amends Mississippi Code Section 89-8-13 to require landlords to give tenants five days to pay rent after receiving written notice of nonpayment, effective July 1, 2025.

HB 1369Evictions; reduce time for.In committee

What it would do: Accelerates eviction proceedings by requiring service within 72 hours of filing, court dates within 14 days, and limiting adjournments to one 10-day extension with a 20-day overall hearing cap. Allows nonbreaching parties to terminate rental agreements with 7 days notice.

HB 790Trespassers; clarify no rights for.In committee

What it would do: Provides that trespassers onto another's property are not tenants and may be removed by the owner or agent without eviction procedures or liability, and their belongings may be disposed of without liability. Amends related landlord-tenant and property law statutes to conform.

HB 840Landlord Tenant Law; revise duties for repair of defects by tenant.In committee

What it would do: Revises tenant reimbursement for repairs by requiring the tenant to be current in rental payments and to have fulfilled obligations under Section 89-8-25 before reimbursement is allowed, and caps reimbursement at usual and customary charges for such repairs.

Bill titles link to the Mississippi Legislature's own page.

What LawSignals covers

What counts as rental housing legislation

In scope: Rent caps and stabilization; eviction procedure; fees, screening and rent pricing; security deposits; habitability and repairs; and short-term rentals.

Questions

Does Mississippi have a rental housing law?

Yes. Mississippi enacted 3 rental housing laws in the 2025 and 2026 sessions, among them HB 1837, HB 1200 and SB 2328. Each is listed on this page with what it requires.

When do Mississippi's rental housing laws take effect?

HB 1200 on 1 July 2025. The others have no single date in their text.

What does Mississippi legislate on most in rental housing?

Eviction procedure (5 bills), Short-term rentals (1 bill) and Habitability and repairs (1 bill).

Are these summaries reviewed by a lawyer?

No. Which bills count as Rental housing bills, and the line on what each law requires or each bill would do, are drafted by software from the bill's own text and not reviewed by an attorney. Every bill links to the legislature's own record: read the text before relying on it. The list covers bills from the 2025 and 2026 sessions.

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Rental housing legislation in other jurisdictions

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