State · MS
Mississippi building codes at a glance.
Mississippi coastal counties enforce 140–150 mph design wind. Coverage in progress.
Municipal adoption
Permits issued: Local
In progress
Parcel + edition library indexing in progress; per-jurisdiction lookups available.
2A · 3A
Drives R-value, fenestration U-factor, and air-leakage envelope rules.
100–150 mph
ASCE 7 Risk Category II, 3-second gust at 33 ft. Fastener spec follows.
- HVHZ (not applicable)
- WUI (not applicable)
- FEMA SFHA overlays (present)
Compliance track
What's required to build here.
Local adoption — see jurisdiction.
County directory
All 82 counties in Mississippi.
Each county page shows the adopted edition, county-level amendments, and permit-office contact.
- Adams County
- Alcorn County
- Amite County
- Attala County
- Benton County
- Bolivar County
- Calhoun County
- Carroll County
- Chickasaw County
- Choctaw County
- Claiborne County
- Clarke County
- Clay County
- Coahoma County
- Copiah County
- Covington County
- DeSoto County
- Forrest County
- Franklin County
- George County
- Greene County
- Grenada County
- Hancock County
- Harrison County
- Hinds County
- Holmes County
- Humphreys County
- Issaquena County
- Itawamba County
- Jackson County
- Jasper County
- Jefferson County
- Jefferson Davis County
- Jones County
- Kemper County
- Lafayette County
- Lamar County
- Lauderdale County
- Lawrence County
- Leake County
- Lee County
- Leflore County
- Lincoln County
- Lowndes County
- Madison County
- Marion County
- Marshall County
- Monroe County
- Montgomery County
- Neshoba County
- Newton County
- Noxubee County
- Oktibbeha County
- Panola County
- Pearl River County
- Perry County
- Pike County
- Pontotoc County
- Prentiss County
- Quitman County
- Rankin County
- Scott County
- Sharkey County
- Simpson County
- Smith County
- Stone County
- Sunflower County
- Tallahatchie County
- Tate County
- Tippah County
- Tishomingo County
- Tunica County
- Union County
- Walthall County
- Warren County
- Washington County
- Wayne County
- Webster County
- Wilkinson County
- Winston County
- Yalobusha County
- Yazoo County
City directory
34 cities indexed in Mississippi.
City pages list local amendments, the parent county, and the local permit office.
- Bay St. Louis
- Biloxi
- Brandon
- Byram
- Canton
- Clinton
- Columbus
- D''Iberville
- Diamondhead
- Flowood
- Gautier
- Gulfport
- Hattiesburg
- Hernando
- Horn Lake
- Jackson
- Long Beach
- Madison
- Meridian
- Moss Point
- Ocean Springs
- Olive Branch
- Oxford
- Pascagoula
- Pass Christian
- Pearl
- Petal
- Purvis
- Richland
- Ridgeland
- Southaven
- Starkville
- Tupelo
- Waveland
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