Mississippi Building Permits
Counties/Cities may adopt; rural enforcement varies.
How Building Permits Work in Mississippi
The state role in Mississippi is minimal for private construction. While state law allows counties and cities to adopt codes, the state government does not issue building permits or mandate that a permitting office must exist in every rural county.
Model: Local Option
168 jurisdictions with permitting contact information.
Counties (82)
Adams County, MSAlcorn County, MSAmite County, MSAttala County, MSBenton County, MSBolivar County, MSCalhoun County, MSCarroll County, MSChickasaw County, MSChoctaw County, MSClaiborne County, MSClarke County, MSClay County, MSCoahoma County, MSCopiah County, MSCovington County, MSDeSoto County, MSForrest County, MSFranklin County, MSGeorge County, MSGreene County, MSGrenada County, MSHancock County, MSHarrison County, MSHinds County, MSHolmes County, MSHumphreys County, MSIssaquena County, MSItawamba County, MSJackson County, MSJasper County, MSJefferson County, MSJefferson Davis County, MSJones County, MSKemper County, MSLafayette County, MSLamar County, MSLauderdale County, MSLawrence County, MSLeake County, MSLee County, MSLeflore County, MSLincoln County, MSLowndes County, MSMadison County, MSMarion County, MSMarshall County, MSMonroe County, MSMontgomery County, MSNeshoba County, MSNewton County, MSNoxubee County, MSOktibbeha County, MSPanola County, MSPearl River County, MSPerry County, MSPike County, MSPontotoc County, MSPrentiss County, MSQuitman County, MSRankin County, MSScott County, MSSharkey County, MSSimpson County, MSSmith County, MSStone County, MSSunflower County, MSTallahatchie County, MSTate County, MSTippah County, MSTishomingo County, MSTunica County, MSUnion County, MSWalthall County, MSWarren County, MSWashington County, MSWayne County, MSWebster County, MSWilkinson County, MSWinston County, MSYalobusha County, MSYazoo County, MS
Cities (86)
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Pascagoula, MS(Jackson County)Pass Christian, MS(Harrison County)Pearl, MS(Rankin County)Pelahatchie, MS(Rankin County)Petal, MS(Forrest County)Philadelphia, MS(Neshoba County)Picayune, MS(Pearl River County)Plantersville, MS(Lee County)Poplarville, MS(Pearl River County)Prentiss, MS(Jefferson Davis County)
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Other Jurisdictions (341)
These places either do not issue building permits directly, or we have no permit office on record for them. Enter your project address to find the correct permitting authority.
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Abbeville, MS(Lafayette County)Ackerman, MS(Choctaw County)Agricola, MS(George County)Alcorn State University, MSAlligator, MS(Bolivar County)Anguilla, MS(Sharkey County)Arcola, MS(Washington County)Arkabutla, MS(Tate County)Arnold Line, MS(Lamar County)Artesia, MS(Lowndes County)Ashland, MS(Benton County)Austin, MS(Tunica County)
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Baldwyn, MS(Prentiss County)Bassfield, MS(Jefferson Davis County)Baxterville, MS(Lamar County)Bay Springs, MS(Jasper County)Beaumont, MS(Perry County)Beauregard, MS(Copiah County)Beechwood, MS(Warren County)Belmont, MS(Tishomingo County)Belzoni, MS(Humphreys County)Benndale, MS(George County)Benoit, MS(Bolivar County)Benton, MS(Benton County)Bentonia, MS(Yazoo County)Bethlehem, MS(Marshall County)Beulah, MS(Bolivar County)Big Creek, MS(Calhoun County)Big Point, MS(Jackson County)Biggersville, MS(Alcorn County)Blue Mountain, MS(Tippah County)Blue Springs, MS(Union County)Bobo, MS(Coahoma County)Bogue Chitto (Kemper and Neshoba Counties), MS(Kemper County)Bogue Chitto (Lincoln County), MS(Lincoln County)Bolivar, MS(Bolivar County)Bolton, MS(Hinds County)Bond, MS(Stone County)Booneville, MS(Prentiss County)Bovina, MS(Warren County)Boyle, MS(Bolivar County)Braxton, MS(Simpson County)Bridgetown, MS(DeSoto County)Brooksville, MS(Noxubee County)Bruce, MS(Calhoun County)Buckatunna, MS(Wayne County)Bude, MS(Franklin County)Burnsville, MS(Tishomingo County)
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Caledonia, MS(Lowndes County)Calhoun, MS(Calhoun County)Canton, MS(Madison County)Carrollton, MS(Carroll County)Carthage, MS(Leake County)Cary, MS(Sharkey County)Chalybeate, MS(Tippah County)Charleston, MS(Tallahatchie County)Chunky, MS(Newton County)Clara, MS(Wayne County)Cleary, MS(Rankin County)Cloverdale, MSCoahoma, MS(Coahoma County)Coffeeville, MS(Yalobusha County)Coldwater, MS(Tate County)Collins, MS(Covington County)Collinsville, MS(Lauderdale County)Columbia, MS(Marion County)Columbus AFB, MS(Lowndes County)Como, MS(Panola County)Conehatta, MS(Newton County)Courtland, MS(Panola County)Crawford, MS(Lowndes County)Crenshaw, MS(Quitman County)Crosby, MS(Amite County)Crowder, MS(Quitman County)Cruger, MS(Holmes County)Crystal Springs, MS(Copiah County)
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D'Lo, MS(Simpson County)Darling, MS(Quitman County)De Kalb, MS(Kemper County)De Soto, MS(Clarke County)DeLisle, MS(Harrison County)Delta, MS(Coahoma County)Dennis, MS(Tishomingo County)Derma, MS(Calhoun County)Diamondhead, MS(Hancock County)Doddsville, MS(Sunflower County)Drew, MS(Sunflower County)Dublin, MS(Coahoma County)Duck Hill, MS(Montgomery County)Dumas, MS(Tippah County)Duncan, MS(Bolivar County)Dundee, MS(Tunica County)Durant, MS(Holmes County)
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Gattman, MS(Monroe County)Georgetown, MS(Copiah County)Glen Allan, MS(Washington County)Glen, MS(Alcorn County)Glendale, MS(Forrest County)Glendora, MS(Tallahatchie County)Gloster, MS(Amite County)Golden, MS(Tishomingo County)Goodman, MS(Holmes County)Grace, MS(Issaquena County)Greenville, MS(Washington County)Gulf Hills, MS(Jackson County)Gulf Park Estates, MS(Jackson County)Gunnison, MS(Bolivar County)Guntown, MS(Lee County)
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Hamilton, MS(Monroe County)Harperville, MS(Scott County)Hatley, MS(Monroe County)Hattiesburg, MS(Forrest County)Hazlehurst, MS(Copiah County)Heidelberg, MS(Jasper County)Helena, MS(Jackson County)Henderson Point, MS(Harrison County)Hermanville, MS(Claiborne County)Hickory Flat, MS(Benton County)Hickory, MS(Newton County)Hide-A-Way Lake, MS(Pearl River County)Hillsboro, MS(Scott County)Holcomb, MS(Grenada County)Hollandale, MS(Washington County)Hurley, MS(Jackson County)
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Lake, MS(Scott County)Lakeview, MS(DeSoto County)Lamar, MS(Benton County)Lambert, MS(Quitman County)Latimer, MS(Jackson County)Lauderdale, MS(Lauderdale County)Leaf, MS(Greene County)Leakesville, MS(Greene County)Learned, MS(Hinds County)Leland, MS(Washington County)Lena, MS(Leake County)Lexington, MS(Holmes County)Liberty, MS(Amite County)Longview, MS(Oktibbeha County)Louin, MS(Jasper County)Louise, MS(Humphreys County)Lula, MS(Coahoma County)Lumberton, MS(Lamar County)Lyman, MS(Harrison County)Lynchburg, MS(DeSoto County)Lyon, MS(Coahoma County)
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Maben, MS(Oktibbeha County)Madison, MS(Madison County)Magee, MS(Simpson County)Magnolia, MS(Pike County)Mantachie, MS(Itawamba County)Mantee, MS(Webster County)Marietta, MS(Prentiss County)Marion, MS(Marion County)Mathiston, MS(Webster County)Mayersville, MS(Issaquena County)McCool, MS(Attala County)McLain, MS(Greene County)Meadville, MS(Franklin County)Mendenhall, MS(Simpson County)Meridian Station, MS(Lauderdale County)Meridian, MS(Lauderdale County)Merigold, MS(Bolivar County)Metcalfe, MS(Washington County)Mississippi State, MS(Oktibbeha County)Mississippi Valley State University, MS(Leflore County)Mize, MS(Smith County)Monticello, MS(Lawrence County)Montrose, MS(Jasper County)Mooreville, MS(Lee County)Moorhead, MS(Sunflower County)Morgan, MS(Leflore County)Morgantown, MS(Marion County)Moselle, MS(Jones County)Mound Bayou, MS(Bolivar County)Mount Pleasant, MS(Marshall County)Myrtle, MS(Union County)
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Nellieburg, MS(Lauderdale County)New Augusta, MS(Perry County)New Hamilton, MS(Monroe County)New Hebron, MS(Lawrence County)New Hope, MS(Lowndes County)New Houlka, MS(Chickasaw County)New Site, MS(Prentiss County)Nicholson, MS(Pearl River County)Nitta Yuma, MS(Sharkey County)North Carrollton, MS(Carroll County)North Tunica, MS(Tunica County)Noxapater, MS(Winston County)
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Pace, MS(Bolivar County)Pachuta, MS(Clarke County)Paden, MS(Tishomingo County)Panther Burn, MS(Sharkey County)Paris, MS(Lafayette County)Pattison, MS(Claiborne County)Pearl River, MS(Neshoba County)Pearlington, MS(Hancock County)Pheba, MS(Clay County)Pickens, MS(Holmes County)Pittsboro, MS(Calhoun County)Polkville, MS(Smith County)Pontotoc, MS(Pontotoc County)Pope, MS(Panola County)Port Gibson, MS(Claiborne County)Porterville, MS(Kemper County)Potts Camp, MS(Marshall County)Puckett, MS(Rankin County)Purvis, MS(Lamar County)
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Raleigh, MS(Smith County)Randolph, MS(Pontotoc County)Rawls Springs, MS(Forrest County)Red Banks, MS(Marshall County)Redwater, MS(Leake County)Redwood, MS(Warren County)Rena Lara, MS(Coahoma County)Renova, MS(Bolivar County)Richton, MS(Perry County)Rienzi, MS(Alcorn County)Ripley, MS(Tippah County)Robinhood, MS(Rankin County)Rolling Fork, MS(Sharkey County)Rosedale, MS(Bolivar County)Roxie, MS(Franklin County)Ruleville, MS(Sunflower County)Runnelstown, MS(Perry County)
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Sallis, MS(Attala County)Sandersville, MS(Jones County)Satartia, MS(Yazoo County)Saucier, MS(Harrison County)Schlater, MS(Leflore County)Scott, MS(Bolivar County)Sebastopol, MS(Scott County)Seminary, MS(Covington County)Sharon, MS(Madison County)Shaw, MS(Bolivar County)Shelby, MS(Bolivar County)Sherman, MS(Pontotoc County)Shubuta, MS(Clarke County)Shuqualak, MS(Noxubee County)Sidon, MS(Leflore County)Silver Creek, MS(Lawrence County)Silver, MS(Humphreys County)Skene, MS(Bolivar County)Slate Springs, MS(Calhoun County)Sledge, MS(Quitman County)Snow Lake Shores, MS(Benton County)Soso, MS(Jones County)St. Martin, MS(Jackson County)Standing Pine, MS(Leake County)State Line, MS(Wayne County)Stewart, MS(Montgomery County)Stoneville, MS(Washington County)Stonewall, MS(Clarke County)Strayhorn, MS(Tate County)Sturgis, MS(Oktibbeha County)Sumner, MS(Tallahatchie County)Sumrall, MS(Lamar County)Sunflower, MS(Sunflower County)Sylvarena, MS(Smith County)Symonds, MS(Bolivar County)
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Taylorsville, MS(Smith County)Tchula, MS(Holmes County)Thaxton, MS(Pontotoc County)Tillatoba, MS(Yalobusha County)Tishomingo, MS(Tishomingo County)Toccopola, MS(Pontotoc County)Toomsuba, MS(Lauderdale County)Tremont, MS(Itawamba County)Tucker, MS(Neshoba County)Tula, MS(Lafayette County)Tunica Resorts, MS(Tunica County)Tutwiler, MS(Tallahatchie County)Tylertown, MS(Walthall County)
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Wade, MS(Jackson County)Walls, MS(DeSoto County)Walnut, MS(Tippah County)Walthall, MS(Webster County)Water Valley, MS(Yalobusha County)Waterford, MS(Marshall County)Waveland, MS(Hancock County)Webb, MS(Tallahatchie County)Weir, MS(Choctaw County)Wesson, MS(Copiah County)West Hattiesburg, MS(Lamar County)West Point, MS(Clay County)West, MS(Holmes County)Wheeler, MS(Prentiss County)White Oak, MS(Tunica County)Winona, MS(Montgomery County)Winstonville, MS(Bolivar County)Winterville, MS(Washington County)Woodland, MS(Chickasaw County)Woodville, MS(Wilkinson County)