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Mississippi rent increase law
Checked against the Mississippi statutes on October 1, 2026 General information, not legal advice
Key numbers
- Rent increase notice
- None in the Act
- no notice period or size limit in the Act
- Miss. Code Ann. § 89-8-17(2)
Rent increase notice
The Act sets no notice period for a rent increase and no limit on its size. After a rental agreement expires, the Act lets you demand a rent increase if that action did not have the dominant purpose of retaliating against the tenant for actions the Act authorizes and you received written notice of each condition that was the subject of the tenant's actions.
Miss. Code Ann. § 89-8-17(2)
- A month-to-month tenancy can be ended by either side on 30 days' written notice. Miss. Code Ann. § 89-8-19(3) See Ending a month-to-month tenancy on the Mississippi page
The Rentari Mississippi lease repeats the rule on rent increases demanded after the lease expires.
Rent control and local rules
Partly readThe Residential Landlord and Tenant Act contains no rent control. Separately, the municipal and county home-rule grants do not authorize regulation of rent for private residential property in which the local government has no property interest without prior legislative approval or authority from another state statute or law.
Miss. Code Ann. §§ 89-8-9 to 89-8-19, 89-8-33, 89-8-37, 89-8-41 to 89-8-45 Miss. Code Ann. §§ 89-8-3, 89-8-31, 89-8-35, 89-8-39 Miss. Code Ann. §§ 89-8-3, 89-8-7 Miss. Code Ann. § 89-8-29 Miss. Code Ann. §§ 89-8-1, 89-8-5, 89-8-21 to 89-8-27 (reprinted in 2024 HB 1580, not enacted) Miss. Code 21-17-5(2)(h), 19-3-40(3)(g): Legislature Code access
Retaliation
Partly readThe Act has no general ban on retaliation. Its only retaliation rule concerns rent: after a rental agreement expires, you may demand a rent increase if that action did not have the dominant purpose of retaliating against the tenant for actions the Act authorizes and you received written notice of each condition that was the subject of the tenant's actions. Mississippi court decisions on retaliatory eviction were not read for this page.
Miss. Code Ann. § 89-8-17(2)
The Rentari Mississippi lease bars retaliation against the tenant for exercising legal rights or reporting code violations, as a term of the lease.
Questions
Can I raise the rent in Mississippi?
The Act sets no notice period and no limit on increases. After a rental agreement expires, it lets you demand an increase if the dominant purpose is not retaliation against the tenant for actions the Act authorizes and you received written notice of each condition that was the subject of those actions.