Public-domain · open source
OpenJurist

Miss. Code Ann. § 89-8-5

Waiver of rights prohibited; provisions prohibited in rental agreement

Known as the Residential Landlord and Tenant Act

The act spans §§ 89–89 (14 sections).

Laws, 1991, ch. 478, § 3, eff from and after July 1, 1991.

In any agreement, oral or written, for the rental of real property as a dwelling place, a landlord or tenant may not agree to waive or otherwise forego any of the rights, duties or remedies under this chapter, except as otherwise provided by this chapter. No rental agreement may provide that the tenant or the landlord:

Authorizes any person to confess judgment on a claim arising out of the rental agreement; or

Agrees to the exculpation or limitation of any liability of the landlord arising as a result of the landlord’s willful misconduct or the costs connected therewith.

Current official text: Mississippi Code (LexisNexis). Digitized from the UniCourt Code Improvement Commission public-domain capture. Reproduced from public-domain Mississippi statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.