Mississippi condominium compliance, with the statute behind every deadline
A self-managed Mississippi condominium answers to the Mississippi Condominium Law, Miss. Code Ann. § 89-9-1 et seq. — in force since 1964, and genuinely thin by modern standards. Mississippi has no separate homeowners'-association law at all, so a non-condominium Mississippi neighborhood runs on its own recorded covenants instead. GnomeOwner checked every one of the chapter's 19 sections directly rather than assuming a fuller law exists, and its calendar tracks the one real, unconditional standing duty the chapter actually contains for an already-established association.
Here's the honest version most sites won't give you: Mississippi's Condominium Law sets no annual-meeting requirement, no board-meeting rule, no insurance mandate, and no reserve-fund rule anywhere in the chapter. What it does require — clearing a paid-off assessment lien from the record — is what this page tracks, alongside what your own declaration is free to add on top.
Mississippi's Condominium Law has exactly one unconditional standing duty for the board
A full read of all 19 sections in Mississippi's Condominium Law found only one clause that runs to the association's own governing body — its own defined term is "management body" — with no condition attached: releasing a lien once the assessment behind it is paid off. Everything else in the chapter either runs to someone other than the board (the developer's one-time formation duty, a taxing authority's levy rule), states a legal-effect or ownership rule rather than an obligation, or describes something the declaration MAY optionally provide for, like insurance, rather than something the chapter itself requires. GnomeOwner tracks this one real duty honestly rather than inventing structure the statute doesn't have.
“Upon payment of said assessment and charges in connection with which such notice has been so recorded, or other satisfaction thereof, the management body shall cause to be recorded a further notice stating the satisfaction and the release of the lien thereof.”
A few of the duties GnomeOwner tracks for Mississippi condominium associations governed by the Mississippi Condominium Law, Miss. Code Ann. § 89-9-1 et seq.
Every deadline here shows you the exact sentence of the statute it comes from, so you — or your attorney — can check it in seconds.
Record the release once an assessment lien is paid off
Once a unit owner pays off the assessment and charges behind a recorded assessment lien — or otherwise satisfies it — record a further notice with the chancery clerk stating the satisfaction and releasing the lien. Note also that a recorded assessment lien expires on its own one year after recording if enforcement of it isn't started (or the lien extended) by then; you can extend it once, for up to one additional year, by recording a written extension.
“Upon payment of said assessment and charges in connection with which such notice has been so recorded, or other satisfaction thereof, the management body shall cause to be recorded a further notice stating the satisfaction and the release of the lien thereof.”
If your declaration authorizes insurance, keep that coverage current
Check your declaration of restrictions for whether it authorizes the association to maintain fire, casualty, liability, and workers' compensation insurance. Mississippi's Condominium Law lets the declaration provide for this but does not itself require any association to carry insurance — if your declaration does authorize it, review that coverage at least once a year to make sure it's still current.
“For maintenance by it of fire, casualty, liability, workmen's compensation and other insurance insuring condominium owners, and for bonding of the members of any management body”
Every item above is drafted from Mississippi’s statute text and shown beside the exact sentence it comes from — check any claim against the law’s own words. This page hasn’t had a full attorney review. Confirm anything you plan to act on with your own attorney or CPA; law as reflected here is current as of 2026-08-22.
This calendar is built from a FindLaw republisher mirror of Mississippi's Condominium Law, marked current as of January 1, 2025 — Mississippi's own official Code is available only through a paid LexisNexis subscription, and FindLaw's captured pages carry no per-section amendment-history citation, so no specific newest-amendment date could be confirmed this pass. Confirm current law with your attorney before relying on any exact figure or deadline.
Mississippi questions we hear a lot
Does Mississippi require a condominium association to hold an annual meeting?
No. Mississippi's Condominium Law sets no meeting-notice, quorum, or annual-meeting requirement of any kind — § 89-9-17(1) simply lets your declaration of restrictions provide for voting majorities, quorums, notices, and meeting dates, with no state-law backstop if it's silent. Confirm your own declaration and bylaws for whatever meeting practice your association actually follows.
Does Mississippi require condo association insurance?
No, only if your declaration says so. Mississippi's Condominium Law lets the declaration of restrictions authorize the association to maintain fire, casualty, liability, and workers' compensation insurance (§ 89-9-17(2)(ii)) — but the chapter itself never requires any association to carry insurance. Whether yours does is entirely a choice made in your own declaration, not a statutory floor.
Does Mississippi require condo reserve funds or a resale certificate?
No to both. A full read of the chapter's 19 sections found no reserve-fund mandate, no reserve-disclosure duty, and no resale-certificate or estoppel-certificate statute anywhere. The chapter's own sale/lease-regulation section even confirms a right of first refusal for the association isn't mandatory, even when the declaration addresses sales.
What does Mississippi condo law actually require the board to do?
Very little beyond what your own declaration adds. The one unconditional standing duty this calendar found in the chapter's own text is releasing a recorded assessment lien once the underlying debt is paid off (§ 89-9-21) — every other clause in the chapter runs to someone other than the board, states a legal-effect rule rather than an obligation, or describes something the declaration MAY optionally provide for.
Is GnomeOwner's Mississippi compliance calendar reviewed by a lawyer?
Every deadline on this page is shown beside the exact sentence of the statute it comes from — so you can check each claim against the law's own words, right here on the page. What this page hasn't had yet is a full attorney review. It's legal information, not legal advice: confirm anything you plan to act on with your own attorney.
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