3 deadlines NoticeGuard models for Mississippi: what each one counts from, the statute it was read from, and the statute text.
Information, not legal advice. This app reports what the statute says and cites the section it read. It is not legal advice, it does not file anything for you, and it does not tell you what to do.
Verify with the statute or an attorney. Statutes change, and courts reinterpret them. Every deadline in this app comes from a statute read on the date shown next to its citation - that snapshot can go out of date. Missing a mechanics lien deadline can extinguish your claim permanently, so confirm any deadline you are relying on with an attorney licensed in that state before you act on it.
Data verified: statute text retrieved 2026-09-21 (each citation below carries its own date). Rule data from the NoticeGuard app, source commit 22f9300.
Written notice to the contractor (or the owner, if there is no contractor), counted from this claimant's own first delivery of labor, services, or materials - required only of a claimant without privity of contract with the contractor.
What it counts from. 30 days after first furnishing (commenced work).
Applies to. Subcontractor, Supplier, Preconstruction service.
Mississippi Code Annotated § 85-7-407 (2) Official source · statute text retrieved 2026-09-21
“For any person having a right to a lien pursuant to Section 85-7-403 who does not have privity of contract with the contractor, or, if there is no contractor, with the owner, and is providing labor, services or materials for the improvement of property, within thirty (30) days following the first delivery of labor, services or materials to the property, the person shall give a written notice to the contractor, or, if there is no contractor, to the owner, either by e-mail with a confirmed receipt, registered or certified mail, or statutory overnight delivery setting forth the following: (a) the name, address, and telephone number of the person providing labor, services or materials; (b) the name and address of each person at whose instance the labor, services or materials are being furnished; (c) the name of the project and location of the project to which labor, services or materials are provided; and (d) a description of the labor, services or materials being provided and, if known, the contract price or anticipated value of the labor, services or materials to be provided.”
If the date is missed (the statute's own terms). "If the person not in privity of contract with the contractor fails to provide the required notice to the contractor, he shall thereby forfeit his right to a lien under this article."
Also stated next to this deadline.
Does not apply to single-family residential construction (§ 85-7-407(2), final sentence) - not modeled here; this app always shows this deadline for the roles above.
Text confirmed from the enacting bill (S.B. 2622, 2014 Regular Session) as passed, section 4 (codified 85-7-307, renumbered on enactment to 85-7-407) - see this state's limitations for the sourcing route.
File claim of lien
Filed for record with the clerk of the chancery court of the county where the property is located, counted from this claimant's own last work performed or labor, services, or materials provided.
What it counts from. 90 days after last furnishing (last day on site).
Applies to. Original contractor, Subcontractor, Supplier, Preconstruction service.
Mississippi Code Annotated § 85-7-405 (1)(b) Official source · statute text retrieved 2026-09-21
“The filing for record of the claim of lien in the office of the clerk of the chancery court of the county where the property is located within ninety (90) days after the claimant's last work performed, labor, services or materials provided, the furnishing of architectural services, or the furnishing or performing of surveying or engineering services, or within ninety (90) days after material is furnished. The lien shall include a statement regarding its expiration pursuant to Section 85-7-421(1) and a notice to the owner of the property on which a claim of lien is filed that the owner has the right to contest the lien; the absence of the statement or notice shall invalidate the lien.”
If the date is missed (the statute's own terms). § 85-7-405(1): "on failure of any of them the lien shall not be effective or enforceable."
Also stated next to this deadline.
The claim must include, on its face, a mandatory expiration statement and a notice of the owner's right to contest the lien - omitting either invalidates the lien (see this app's generated document for this rule).
No later than 2 business days after filing, a true and accurate copy must be sent to the owner (or, if the owner cannot be found, to the contractor as the owner's agent) - not modeled as a separate deadline here (see this state's "Honest limits").
Text confirmed from the enacting bill (S.B. 2622, 2014 Regular Session) as passed, section 3 (codified 85-7-305, renumbered on enactment to 85-7-405) - see this state's limitations for the sourcing route.
Commence payment action
Filed in county, circuit, or chancery court against the party the claimant contracted with, counted from the date the claim of lien was filed - but only 90 days after a notice of contest of lien, if one is served, whichever comes first.
What it counts from. 180 days after notice of construction lien recorded, but no later than 90 days after notice of contest of lien served (whichever is earlier).
Applies to. Original contractor, Subcontractor, Supplier, Preconstruction service.
Mississippi Code Annotated § 85-7-421 (1) Official source · statute text retrieved 2026-09-21
“Failure of a lien claimant to commence a lien action to collect the amount of his or her claim within one hundred eighty (180) days from the date of filing the lien renders the claim of lien unenforceable. ... A lien shall expire sooner and be disregarded once it is determined that no notice of commencement was timely filed in response to a notice of contest pursuant to Section 85-7-423.”
If the date is missed (the statute's own terms). The statute's own mechanism: failure to timely commence "renders the claim of lien unenforceable."
Also stated next to this deadline.
§ 85-7-423 lets the owner or contractor shorten this deadline by recording and serving a notice of contest of lien, in which case the lien is extinguished at the earlier of 90 days after that notice was served, or the original 180 days from filing - modeled here as this app's standard capped-deadline shape.
A lis pendens notice must be filed with the commencement of the action, with a copy to the owner and contractor - a real, separate requirement alongside filing suit itself, the same pattern as several other states' enforcement deadlines in this app.
Text confirmed from the enacting bill (S.B. 2622, 2014 Regular Session) as passed, section 11 (codified as 85-7-321, renumbered on enactment to 85-7-421) - see this state's limitations for the sourcing route.
Weekend and holiday rollover
NoticeGuard does not model a weekend or holiday extension for Mississippi. The dates above are the plain count from the date you enter. Check whether a Saturday, Sunday or holiday changes your date.
What this rule set does not cover
Weekend/holiday rollover is confirmed by an on-point cross-reference (§ 85-7-425 names § 1-3-67 directly) but NOT implemented - the exact enumerated Mississippi legal-holiday list was not independently verified this pass. The same posture as Texas's confirmed-but-unimplemented rollover elsewhere in this app, for the same reason: guessing at the holiday list risks a wrong date, worse than showing none.
Not modeled: the notice-to-owner mailing step (§ 85-7-405(1)(b): a copy of the filed claim of lien must be sent to the owner, or the contractor as the owner's agent if the owner cannot be found, within 2 business days of filing) - a real, separate small deadline this app does not track as its own rule.
Not modeled: the § 85-7-405(1)(d) alternate enforcement path (a direct lien action against the property, instead of a payment action against the contracting party, available only when the lien claimant cannot secure a judgment against them due to bankruptcy, death, or a pay-if-paid clause) - a data-dependent branch this app does not otherwise collect facts for.
The preliminary notice (§ 85-7-407) does not apply to single-family residential construction - this app always shows it for the roles below regardless of project type, since no residential flag is collected.
Sourced partly from the enacting 2014 Senate bill's own as-passed text rather than the current codified section pages themselves (which are CAPTCHA-gated past a TOC search snippet) - cross-checked against the Lexis repository's own snippets everywhere they overlapped, and no amendment to §§ 85-7-405, -407, or -421 since 2014 was found in this pass, but a subsequent amendment cannot be fully ruled out without a clean, non-CAPTCHA-gated read of the current section text.
Only §§ 85-7-403, 85-7-405, 85-7-407, 85-7-421, 85-7-423, 85-7-425, and 1-3-67 have been read. The rest of Article 21 - including the priority-of-liens provisions inside § 85-7-405(2)-(4), the bond-discharge mechanism (§ 85-7-315/-415), and the design-professional-specific provisions (§ 85-7-317/-417) - has not been incorporated.
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