Mississippi Landlord Compliance Kit: Deposit, Notice and Eviction Checklists with an Excel Tracker

Who it is for

Landlords and property managers with rentals in Mississippi, and tenants who want the same record, from move-in through move-out or a court case.

Not the right fit if

Your rental is outside Mississippi: get that state's kit. Not legal advice, not a lawyer's review of a lease, notice or court case, and not a set of legal notice forms; city and county rules aren't covered.

Why it is different

• Built only from our Mississippi data files, checked November 2026 against 4 official pages, among them Mississippi Legislature: 2024 HB 1580 as introduced (brings forward 89-8-21); Mississippi Legislature: 2023 SB 2375 as introduced (brings forward 89-8-21); Mississippi Judiciary: Sample Residential Eviction Summons (Justice Court); Mississippi Administrative Office of Courts: Justice Court.
• 15 items the official pages didn't state are marked "not confirmed" with the page to check, never guessed.
• The workbook recalculates with zero formula errors and works out Mississippi notice and deposit dates for you.

What is inside

• Start here. How to use the kit, the 8 confirmed Mississippi rules at a glance and the 15 items to confirm: deposit limit, ending month-to-month (landlord), ending month-to-month (tenant), rent increase notice, unpaid rent notice, entry notice, late fee limits, filing fee and more, each with the official page to check.
• Mississippi landlord rules checklist. Deposits, notice periods, the eviction case and the small claims limit, each confirmed rule with its source link and check date. What it confirms: return deadline: No later than 45 days after the tenancy ends (89-8-21(3)); the section ties the count to the tenancy ending, delivery of possession and the tenant's demand; itemized list of deductions: The landlord's written notice claiming any part of the deposit itemizes the amounts claimed (89-8-21(3)); interest on the deposit: None stated in Miss; where the deposit is held: Held by the landlord for the tenant; no account type is named (89-8-21(2)); penalty the law states: Retention without good faith: damages of up to $200 in addition to actual damages (89-8-21(4)); court: The county's justice court (the statewide sample summons); time to answer or appear: The tenant is summoned to appear and defend at the date and time on the summons; small claims limit (for a deposit dispute): $3,500: the most a small claims case can ask for.
• Move-in and move-out deposit checklist. A room-by-room condition checklist for both visits and the steps after move-out, with Mississippi's return deadline (within 45 days).
• Notice calendar. When each notice must go out: the lead time for every notice the state's text confirms, with a 2027 month-by-month serve-by table worked out with our notice date calculator's rules.
• Eviction timeline sheet. The Mississippi case in order from notice to lockout, with each confirmed stage, an example dated from a sample filing day where the rules give periods, and blanks for your own case dates.
• Mississippi landlord workbook (Excel). A tenant notice log that dates each notice from the Mississippi rules, a deposit tracker that works out the return date for each move-out, and a rent ledger with a running balance.