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
509 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 (427)
A
Abbeville, MS(Lafayette County)Aberdeen, MS(Monroe County)Ackerman, MS(Choctaw County)Agricola, MS(George County)Alcorn State University, MSAlgoma, MS(Pontotoc County)Alligator, MS(Bolivar County)Amory, MS(Monroe 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)Batesville, MS(Panola County)Baxterville, MS(Lamar County)Bay Springs, MS(Jasper County)Bay St. Louis, MS(Hancock 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)Biloxi, MS(Harrison 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)Brandon, MS(Rankin County)Braxton, MS(Simpson County)Bridgetown, MS(DeSoto County)Brookhaven, MS(Lincoln County)Brooksville, MS(Noxubee County)Bruce, MS(Calhoun County)Buckatunna, MS(Wayne County)Bude, MS(Franklin County)Burnsville, MS(Tishomingo County)Byhalia, MS(Marshall County)Byram, MS(Hinds 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)Centreville, MS(Wilkinson County)Chalybeate, MS(Tippah County)Charleston, MS(Tallahatchie County)Chunky, MS(Newton County)Clara, MS(Wayne County)Clarksdale, MS(Coahoma County)Cleary, MS(Rankin County)Cleveland, MS(Bolivar County)Clinton, MS(Hinds 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)Columbus, MS(Lowndes County)Como, MS(Panola County)Conehatta, MS(Newton County)Corinth, MS(Alcorn 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'Iberville, MS(Harrison County)D'Lo, MS(Simpson County)Darling, MS(Quitman County)De Kalb, MS(Kemper County)De Soto, MS(Clarke County)Decatur, MS(Newton 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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Eagle Bend, MS(Warren County)Eastabuchie, MS(Jones County)Ecru, MS(Pontotoc County)Eden, MS(Yazoo County)Edwards, MS(Hinds County)Elizabeth, MS(Washington County)Elliott, MS(Grenada County)Ellisville, MS(Jones County)Enterprise, MS(Clarke County)Escatawpa, MS(Jackson County)Ethel, MS(Attala County)Eudora, MS(DeSoto County)Eupora, MS(Webster County)
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Falcon, MS(Quitman County)Falkner, MS(Tippah County)Farmington, MS(Alcorn County)Farrell, MS(Coahoma County)Fayette, MS(Jefferson County)Fernwood, MS(Pike County)Flora, MS(Madison County)Florence, MS(Rankin County)Flowood, MS(Rankin County)Forest, MS(Scott County)Foxworth, MS(Marion County)French Camp, MS(Choctaw County)Friars Point, MS(Coahoma County)Fulton, MS(Itawamba County)
G
Gattman, MS(Monroe County)Gautier, MS(Jackson 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)Gluckstadt, MS(Madison County)Golden, MS(Tishomingo County)Goodman, MS(Holmes County)Grace, MS(Issaquena County)Greenville, MS(Washington County)Greenwood, MS(Leflore County)Grenada, MS(Grenada County)Gulf Hills, MS(Jackson County)Gulf Park Estates, MS(Jackson County)Gulfport, MS(Harrison 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)Hernando, MS(DeSoto 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)Holly Springs, MS(Marshall County)Horn Lake, MS(DeSoto County)Houston, MS(Chickasaw 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)Laurel, MS(Jones 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)Long Beach, MS(Harrison County)Longview, MS(Oktibbeha County)Louin, MS(Jasper County)Louise, MS(Humphreys County)Louisville, MS(Winston County)Lucedale, MS(George County)Lula, MS(Coahoma County)Lumberton, MS(Lamar County)Lyman, MS(Harrison County)Lynchburg, MS(DeSoto County)Lyon, MS(Coahoma County)
M
Maben, MS(Oktibbeha County)Macon, MS(Noxubee 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)Marks, MS(Quitman County)Mathiston, MS(Webster County)Mayersville, MS(Issaquena County)McComb, MS(Pike 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)Morton, MS(Scott County)Moselle, MS(Jones County)Moss Point, MS(Jackson County)Mound Bayou, MS(Bolivar County)Mount Olive, MS(Covington County)Mount Pleasant, MS(Marshall County)Myrtle, MS(Union County)
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Natchez, MS(Adams County)Nellieburg, MS(Lauderdale County)Nettleton, MS(Monroe County)New Albany, MS(Union 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)Newton, MS(Newton 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)Pascagoula, MS(Jackson County)Pass Christian, MS(Harrison County)Pattison, MS(Claiborne County)Pearl River, MS(Neshoba County)Pearl, MS(Rankin County)Pearlington, MS(Hancock County)Pelahatchie, MS(Rankin County)Petal, MS(Forrest County)Pheba, MS(Clay County)Philadelphia, MS(Neshoba County)Picayune, MS(Pearl River County)Pickens, MS(Holmes County)Pittsboro, MS(Calhoun County)Plantersville, MS(Lee County)Polkville, MS(Smith County)Pontotoc, MS(Pontotoc County)Pope, MS(Panola County)Poplarville, MS(Pearl River County)Port Gibson, MS(Claiborne County)Porterville, MS(Kemper County)Potts Camp, MS(Marshall County)Prentiss, MS(Jefferson Davis 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)Raymond, MS(Hinds County)Red Banks, MS(Marshall County)Redwater, MS(Leake County)Redwood, MS(Warren County)Rena Lara, MS(Coahoma County)Renova, MS(Bolivar County)Richland, MS(Rankin County)Richton, MS(Perry County)Ridgeland, MS(Madison 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)Saltillo, MS(Lee County)Sandersville, MS(Jones County)Sardis, MS(Panola County)Satartia, MS(Yazoo County)Saucier, MS(Harrison County)Schlater, MS(Leflore County)Scooba, MS(Kemper County)Scott, MS(Bolivar County)Sebastopol, MS(Scott County)Seminary, MS(Covington County)Senatobia, MS(Tate County)Shannon, MS(Lee 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)Smithville, MS(Monroe County)Snow Lake Shores, MS(Benton County)Soso, MS(Jones County)Southaven, MS(DeSoto County)St. Martin, MS(Jackson County)Standing Pine, MS(Leake County)Starkville, MS(Oktibbeha 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)Summit, MS(Pike 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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Taylor, MS(Lafayette County)Taylorsville, MS(Smith County)Tchula, MS(Holmes County)Terry, MS(Hinds 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)Tunica, MS(Tunica County)Tupelo, MS(Lee County)Tutwiler, MS(Tallahatchie County)Tylertown, MS(Walthall County)
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Wade, MS(Jackson County)Walls, MS(DeSoto County)Walnut Grove, MS(Leake County)Walnut, MS(Tippah County)Walthall, MS(Webster County)Water Valley, MS(Yalobusha County)Waterford, MS(Marshall County)Waveland, MS(Hancock County)Waynesboro, MS(Wayne 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)Wiggins, MS(Stone County)Winona, MS(Montgomery County)Winstonville, MS(Bolivar County)Winterville, MS(Washington County)Woodland, MS(Chickasaw County)Woodville, MS(Wilkinson County)