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Septic companies in Mississippi

Mississippi runs septic from the state, and the county health department you drive to is a state office. After a Soil and Site Evaluation the Department issues a Permit/Recommendation, which lists the system types your lot can take and is what the water utility wants before it sets a meter. This guide covers that document and its one year life, the three certifications the state issues, the grandfathering of older systems, and what a sale actually requires.

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Who Regulates Septic Systems in Mississippi

Sources: Mississippi State Department of Health; Mississippi State Department of Health, Division of On-site Wastewater. Checked 2026-09-18.

Mississippi runs septic from the state, and the county health department in your town is a state office rather than a county one. The work is done by regional environmentalists. The state issues the document you need, and a county or city can add requirements of its own on top.

The On-site Wastewater program develops policy and regulations and provides technical assistance to regional environmentalists in designing and inspecting individual systems opens in a new tab, under the Mississippi Individual On-site Wastewater Disposal Law, sections 41-67-1 and following opens in a new tab. That law is what a contractor is citing when they mention section 41-67.

The document Mississippi issues is not called a permit on its own, and the name matters when you ask for it. Environmentalists offer Soil and Site Evaluations that provide property owners with a Permit/Recommendation, which is required to obtain a water meter opens in a new tab, and following the evaluation the Department provides a document indicating the specific types of system available for the applicant to choose from opens in a new tab.

Other bodies can add requirements on top, and the state says so plainly. Nothing within the regulation shall be construed to limit the power of any municipal, county or governmental entity, and certificates issued under it are not transferable opens in a new tab, and it is the applicant's responsibility to ensure any laws, rules, regulations or ordinances beyond those of the Division of On-site Wastewater are followed opens in a new tab.

Licenses and What to Check Before You Hire

Sources: Mississippi State Department of Health; Mississippi State Department of Health, Division of On-site Wastewater. Checked 2026-09-18.

Mississippi's word for these is certification, and the state's Division of On-site Wastewater issues them. Program specialists conduct certification courses for those interested in becoming a Certified Installer, Certified Pumper or Certified Professional Evaluator opens in a new tab. Three different jobs, three different certificates.

The installer's is the one to ask for first. A person may not operate as a Certified Installer of Individual On-Site Wastewater Disposal Systems unless the Division currently certifies that person opens in a new tab, and the application exists for any person who wishes to receive certification to install those systems opens in a new tab.

Getting one takes an exam and insurance, which is worth knowing because the insurance protects you. Before receiving a certification the applicant shall complete an examination demonstrating knowledge and comprehension of the regulations opens in a new tab, and must provide proof of a valid General Business Liability Insurance policy with limits of at least fifty thousand dollars per occurrence opens in a new tab.

Pumping is its own certificate. A person may not be engaged in the business of removing and disposing of the sludge and liquid waste, which Mississippi calls septage, from individual systems opens in a new tab without it. So the company that pumps your tank is not automatically the company that may install one.

The person who designs the system has a certificate too, with one route around it. A person may not operate as a Certified Professional Evaluator in this state unless the Department currently certifies that person opens in a new tab, but those holding a current certificate as a Professional Engineer from the Mississippi Board of Licensure for Professional Engineers and Surveyors are eligible opens in a new tab without it.

We hold no Mississippi register of our own, so no listing here carries a verified credential for this state. The state runs its own: if you applied for a Notice of Intent or need to repair your existing system, you may use its Licensed Installer/Pumper Database to find someone certified opens in a new tab.

Permits, Inspections and Selling a Home

Sources: Mississippi State Department of Health, Division of On-site Wastewater; Mississippi State Department of Health; Mississippi Real Estate Commission. Checked 2026-09-18.

The process starts with a notice rather than an application. Prior to construction or placement of any mobile, modular or permanently constructed residence that may require a single residential system opens in a new tab, you file a Notice of Intent. Then you contact a Certified Installer to install the system you chose from the options recommended opens in a new tab.

The document you receive has a short life, and this catches people who buy land and build later. The Permit/Recommendation is nontransferable and will be valid for one year opens in a new tab. It does not travel with the property to a new owner, so a document handed over at a sale may be worth nothing.

Older systems are left alone until something prompts a look. All systems installed prior to 1 July 2014 are grandfathered in until a substantiated complaint is registered or the property owner requests an inspection opens in a new tab, and an existing system is evaluated based on a request from the applicant, a substantiated complaint, or a medical exception opens in a new tab.

On selling, we found no state rule requiring a septic inspection. What Mississippi requires is disclosure, and it comes early. The Property Condition Disclosure statutes require the seller of residential real property to deliver a disclosure statement to a buyer before the offer opens in a new tab, and that form asks what the sewage system is and when it was last serviced.

Keeping a System Working

Sources: Mississippi State University Extension Service; Mississippi State Department of Health; Mississippi State Department of Health, Division of On-site Wastewater; U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Checked 2026-09-18.

Mississippi's extension service gives a tighter interval than the federal one: have the scum and sludge levels checked each year and the tank pumped out every 4 years or less opens in a new tab, against the EPA's inspection every three years and pumping every three to five opens in a new tab. An advanced system is a longer commitment: the installer performs maintenance for the first two years opens in a new tab, after which the owner secures a continuing maintenance agreement opens in a new tab, and the provider gives two inspections annually with a report naming the components repaired or replaced opens in a new tab.

Help Paying for Repairs

Sources: Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality; U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Checked 2026-09-18.

Mississippi spells out who may borrow from its water pollution control fund, and reading the list tells you where you stand. Cities, towns, water and sewer districts, regional wastewater authorities, county boards of supervisors or state agencies may receive low interest loans opens in a new tab. A household is not on that list, so this is the money that puts a sewer down your road rather than a tank in your garden.

The nonpoint source grants are drawn the same way. Financial assistance is available to other state agencies, local governments, universities and non-profit organisations to implement nonpoint source projects opens in a new tab, and the EPA adds that individual homeowners cannot receive that assistance directly opens in a new tab. If a watershed group is working in your area, that group is the one holding the money.

For a single household the standing route is a federal repair programme. It offers grants and low interest loans to repair, improve or modernise rural single family homes, and grants to elderly very low income owners to remove health and safety hazards opens in a new tab. Ask about it before you borrow commercially, because the grant half is not a loan at all.

Find Your County Health Department

Mississippi septic work is handled by state environmentalists working out of the county health departments, which are Mississippi State Department of Health offices. Each entry below is the office for that county. Checked 2026-09-18.

CountyEnvironmental health office
ClaiborneClaiborne County Health Department opens in a new tabClaiborne County Health Department is an MSDH office, not a county government office; the MSDH Environmentalist who performs the Soil and Site Evaluation works out of it. MSDH lists it at 902 S. Market St, Port Gibson, MS 39150, phone 601-437-5184, in its County Health Departments directory for West Central Mississippi at https://msdh.ms.gov/page/19,811,166.html#Claiborne (that directory page was last reviewed on Aug 13, 2019). MSDH puts the county in its Central environmental region, whose on-site wastewater office is the Lauderdale County Health Department in Meridian on the MSDH Environmental Offices sheet effective January 25, 2017. The county is not shaded on MSDH's Wastewater Ordinance Map (as of April 13, 2021), so no county wide ordinance adds a final approval there. The MSDH county directory pages carry no septic or wastewater wording at all, so the quote here comes from MSDH's statewide On-Site Wastewater page, which is itself marked last reviewed on May 18, 2021. · Claiborne County page
DeSotoDe Soto County Health Department opens in a new tabDe Soto County Health Department is an MSDH office, not a county government office; the MSDH Environmentalist who performs the Soil and Site Evaluation works out of it. MSDH lists it at 3212 Highway 51 South, Suite A, Hernando, MS 38632, phone 662-429-9814, in its County Health Departments directory for Northwest Mississippi at https://msdh.ms.gov/page/19,821,166.html#DeSoto (that directory page was last reviewed on Aug 13, 2019). MSDH spells the county De Soto on this listing and gives three offices: the Hernando office above plus clinics in Olive Branch and Southaven. MSDH puts the county in its North environmental region, whose on-site wastewater office is the Prentiss County Health Department in Booneville on the MSDH Environmental Offices sheet effective January 25, 2017. The county is shaded Final Approval Required on MSDH's Wastewater Ordinance Map (as of April 13, 2021), so a county ordinance adds a final approval on top of the state Permit/Recommendation. The MSDH county directory pages carry no septic or wastewater wording at all, so the quote here comes from MSDH's statewide On-Site Wastewater page, which is itself marked last reviewed on May 18, 2021. · DeSoto County page
ForrestForrest County Health Department opens in a new tabForrest County Health Department is an MSDH office, not a county government office; the MSDH Environmentalist who performs the Soil and Site Evaluation works out of it. MSDH lists it at 5008 Old Hwy 42, Hattiesburg, MS 39401, phone 601-583-0291, in its County Health Departments directory for Southeast Mississippi at https://msdh.ms.gov/page/19,866,166.html#Forrest (that directory page was last reviewed on Aug 13, 2019). MSDH puts the county in its South environmental region, whose on-site wastewater office is the Pike County Health Department in McComb on the MSDH Environmental Offices sheet effective January 25, 2017. The county is shaded Final Approval Required on MSDH's Wastewater Ordinance Map (as of April 13, 2021), so a county ordinance adds a final approval on top of the state Permit/Recommendation. The MSDH county directory pages carry no septic or wastewater wording at all, so the quote here comes from MSDH's statewide On-Site Wastewater page, which is itself marked last reviewed on May 18, 2021. · Forrest County page
HarrisonHarrison County Health Department opens in a new tabHarrison County Health Department is an MSDH office, not a county government office; the MSDH Environmentalist who performs the Soil and Site Evaluation works out of it. MSDH lists it at 1102 45th Avenue, Gulfport, MS 39501, phone 228-863-1036, in its County Health Departments directory for Coastal Mississippi at https://msdh.ms.gov/page/19,816,166.html#Harrison (that directory page was last reviewed on Aug 13, 2019). MSDH puts the county in its South environmental region, whose on-site wastewater office is the Pike County Health Department in McComb on the MSDH Environmental Offices sheet effective January 25, 2017. The county is shaded Final Approval Required on MSDH's Wastewater Ordinance Map (as of April 13, 2021), so a county ordinance adds a final approval on top of the state Permit/Recommendation. The MSDH county directory pages carry no septic or wastewater wording at all, so the quote here comes from MSDH's statewide On-Site Wastewater page, which is itself marked last reviewed on May 18, 2021. · Harrison County page
HindsHinds County Health Department opens in a new tabHinds County Health Department is an MSDH office, not a county government office; the MSDH Environmentalist who performs the Soil and Site Evaluation works out of it. MSDH lists it at 350 W. Woodrow Wilson, Suite 411, Jackson, MS 39213, phone 601-364-2666, in its County Health Departments directory for West Central Mississippi at https://msdh.ms.gov/page/19,811,166.html#Hinds (that directory page was last reviewed on Aug 13, 2019). The office is inside the Jackson Medical Mall. MSDH puts the county in its Central environmental region, whose on-site wastewater office is the Lauderdale County Health Department in Meridian on the MSDH Environmental Offices sheet effective January 25, 2017. The county is shaded Final Approval Required on MSDH's Wastewater Ordinance Map (as of April 13, 2021), so a county ordinance adds a final approval on top of the state Permit/Recommendation. The MSDH county directory pages carry no septic or wastewater wording at all, so the quote here comes from MSDH's statewide On-Site Wastewater page, which is itself marked last reviewed on May 18, 2021. · Hinds County page
JacksonJackson County Health Department and Environmental Office opens in a new tabJackson County Health Department and Environmental Office is an MSDH office, not a county government office; the MSDH Environmentalist who performs the Soil and Site Evaluation works out of it. MSDH lists it at 4600 Lt. Eugene J. Majure Drive, Suite 2, Pascagoula, MS 39581, phone 228-762-1117, in its County Health Departments directory for Coastal Mississippi at https://msdh.ms.gov/page/19,816,166.html#Jackson (that directory page was last reviewed on Aug 13, 2019). This is the only one of our 18 Mississippi counties whose MSDH listing names an environmental office in the office name itself. MSDH puts the county in its South environmental region, whose on-site wastewater office is the Pike County Health Department in McComb on the MSDH Environmental Offices sheet effective January 25, 2017. The county is shaded Final Approval Required on MSDH's Wastewater Ordinance Map (as of April 13, 2021), so a county ordinance adds a final approval on top of the state Permit/Recommendation. The MSDH county directory pages carry no septic or wastewater wording at all, so the quote here comes from MSDH's statewide On-Site Wastewater page, which is itself marked last reviewed on May 18, 2021. · Jackson County page
JonesJones County Health Department opens in a new tabJones County Health Department is an MSDH office, not a county government office; the MSDH Environmentalist who performs the Soil and Site Evaluation works out of it. MSDH lists it at 5168 Old Highway 11, Ellisville, MS 39437, phone 601-426-3258, in its County Health Departments directory for Southeast Mississippi at https://msdh.ms.gov/page/19,866,166.html#Jones (that directory page was last reviewed on Aug 13, 2019). MSDH puts the county in its South environmental region, whose on-site wastewater office is the Pike County Health Department in McComb on the MSDH Environmental Offices sheet effective January 25, 2017. The county is not shaded on MSDH's Wastewater Ordinance Map (as of April 13, 2021), so no county wide ordinance adds a final approval there. MSDH also lists Glade Water Association, Sharon Water Association, Shady Grove Utility District and Matthews Moss Water Association in Jones County as entities that require Final Approval. The MSDH county directory pages carry no septic or wastewater wording at all, so the quote here comes from MSDH's statewide On-Site Wastewater page, which is itself marked last reviewed on May 18, 2021. · Jones County page
LafayetteLafayette County Health Department opens in a new tabLafayette County Health Department is an MSDH office, not a county government office; the MSDH Environmentalist who performs the Soil and Site Evaluation works out of it. MSDH lists it at 72 F.D. "Buddy" East Parkway, Building 3, Suite 100, Oxford, MS 38655, phone 662-234-5231, in its County Health Departments directory for Northeast Mississippi at https://msdh.ms.gov/page/19,806,166.html#Lafayette (that directory page was last reviewed on Aug 13, 2019). MSDH puts the county in its North environmental region, whose on-site wastewater office is the Prentiss County Health Department in Booneville on the MSDH Environmental Offices sheet effective January 25, 2017. The county is shaded Final Approval Required on MSDH's Wastewater Ordinance Map (as of April 13, 2021), so a county ordinance adds a final approval on top of the state Permit/Recommendation. The MSDH county directory pages carry no septic or wastewater wording at all, so the quote here comes from MSDH's statewide On-Site Wastewater page, which is itself marked last reviewed on May 18, 2021. · Lafayette County page
LauderdaleLauderdale County Health Department opens in a new tabLauderdale County Health Department is an MSDH office, not a county government office; the MSDH Environmentalist who performs the Soil and Site Evaluation works out of it. MSDH lists it at 5224 Vally Street, Meridian, MS 39304, phone 601-693-2451, in its County Health Departments directory for East Central Mississippi at https://msdh.ms.gov/page/19,822,166.html#Lauderdale (that directory page was last reviewed on Aug 13, 2019). MSDH puts the county in its Central environmental region, whose on-site wastewater office is the Lauderdale County Health Department in Meridian on the MSDH Environmental Offices sheet effective January 25, 2017. The county is not shaded on MSDH's Wastewater Ordinance Map (as of April 13, 2021), so no county wide ordinance adds a final approval there. MSDH also lists the City of Meridian, Clarkdale Water Association and Porterville Water Association in Lauderdale County as entities that require Final Approval. The MSDH county directory pages carry no septic or wastewater wording at all, so the quote here comes from MSDH's statewide On-Site Wastewater page, which is itself marked last reviewed on May 18, 2021.
LeeLee County Health Department opens in a new tabLee County Health Department is an MSDH office, not a county government office; the MSDH Environmentalist who performs the Soil and Site Evaluation works out of it. MSDH lists it at 532 South Church Street, Tupelo, MS 38802, phone 662-841-9096, in its County Health Departments directory for Northeast Mississippi at https://msdh.ms.gov/page/19,806,166.html#Lee (that directory page was last reviewed on Aug 13, 2019). MSDH puts the county in its North environmental region, whose on-site wastewater office is the Prentiss County Health Department in Booneville on the MSDH Environmental Offices sheet effective January 25, 2017. The county is not shaded on MSDH's Wastewater Ordinance Map (as of April 13, 2021), so no county wide ordinance adds a final approval there. The MSDH county directory pages carry no septic or wastewater wording at all, so the quote here comes from MSDH's statewide On-Site Wastewater page, which is itself marked last reviewed on May 18, 2021. · Lee County page
MarionMarion County Health Department opens in a new tabMarion County Health Department is an MSDH office, not a county government office; the MSDH Environmentalist who performs the Soil and Site Evaluation works out of it. MSDH lists it at 908 Sumrall Road, Columbia, MS 39429, phone 601-736-2676, in its County Health Departments directory for Southeast Mississippi at https://msdh.ms.gov/page/19,866,166.html#Marion (that directory page was last reviewed on Aug 13, 2019). MSDH puts the county in its South environmental region, whose on-site wastewater office is the Pike County Health Department in McComb on the MSDH Environmental Offices sheet effective January 25, 2017. The county is not shaded on MSDH's Wastewater Ordinance Map (as of April 13, 2021), so no county wide ordinance adds a final approval there. The MSDH county directory pages carry no septic or wastewater wording at all, so the quote here comes from MSDH's statewide On-Site Wastewater page, which is itself marked last reviewed on May 18, 2021. · Marion County page
MarshallMarshall County Health Department opens in a new tabMarshall County Health Department is an MSDH office, not a county government office; the MSDH Environmentalist who performs the Soil and Site Evaluation works out of it. MSDH lists it at 225 South Market, Holly Springs, MS 38635, phone 662-252-4621, in its County Health Departments directory for Northeast Mississippi at https://msdh.ms.gov/page/19,806,166.html#Marshall (that directory page was last reviewed on Aug 13, 2019). MSDH puts the county in its North environmental region, whose on-site wastewater office is the Prentiss County Health Department in Booneville on the MSDH Environmental Offices sheet effective January 25, 2017. The county is shaded Final Approval Required on MSDH's Wastewater Ordinance Map (as of April 13, 2021), so a county ordinance adds a final approval on top of the state Permit/Recommendation. The MSDH county directory pages carry no septic or wastewater wording at all, so the quote here comes from MSDH's statewide On-Site Wastewater page, which is itself marked last reviewed on May 18, 2021. · Marshall County page
Pearl RiverPearl River County Health Department opens in a new tabPearl River County Health Department is an MSDH office, not a county government office; the MSDH Environmentalist who performs the Soil and Site Evaluation works out of it. MSDH lists it at 7547 Highway 11 North, Carriere, MS 39426, phone 601-798-6212, in its County Health Departments directory for Coastal Mississippi at https://msdh.ms.gov/page/19,816,166.html#PearlRiver (that directory page was last reviewed on Aug 13, 2019). MSDH puts the county in its South environmental region, whose on-site wastewater office is the Pike County Health Department in McComb on the MSDH Environmental Offices sheet effective January 25, 2017. The county is shaded Final Approval Required on MSDH's Wastewater Ordinance Map (as of April 13, 2021), so a county ordinance adds a final approval on top of the state Permit/Recommendation. The MSDH county directory pages carry no septic or wastewater wording at all, so the quote here comes from MSDH's statewide On-Site Wastewater page, which is itself marked last reviewed on May 18, 2021. · Pearl River County page
PikePike County Health Department opens in a new tabPike County Health Department is an MSDH office, not a county government office; the MSDH Environmentalist who performs the Soil and Site Evaluation works out of it. MSDH lists it at 114 East Presley Blvd, McComb, MS 39648, phone 601-684-1030, in its County Health Departments directory for Southwest Mississippi at https://msdh.ms.gov/page/19,867,166.html#Pike (that directory page was last reviewed on Aug 13, 2019). MSDH puts the county in its South environmental region, whose on-site wastewater office is the Pike County Health Department in McComb on the MSDH Environmental Offices sheet effective January 25, 2017. The county is not shaded on MSDH's Wastewater Ordinance Map (as of April 13, 2021), so no county wide ordinance adds a final approval there. MSDH also lists Sunnyhill Water Association in Pike County as an entity that requires Final Approval. The MSDH county directory pages carry no septic or wastewater wording at all, so the quote here comes from MSDH's statewide On-Site Wastewater page, which is itself marked last reviewed on May 18, 2021. · Pike County page
PontotocPontotoc County Health Department opens in a new tabPontotoc County Health Department is an MSDH office, not a county government office; the MSDH Environmentalist who performs the Soil and Site Evaluation works out of it. MSDH lists it at 396 C.J. Hardin Junior Drive, Pontotoc, MS 38863, phone 662-489-1241, in its County Health Departments directory for Northeast Mississippi at https://msdh.ms.gov/page/19,806,166.html#Pontotoc (that directory page was last reviewed on Aug 13, 2019). MSDH puts the county in its North environmental region, whose on-site wastewater office is the Prentiss County Health Department in Booneville on the MSDH Environmental Offices sheet effective January 25, 2017. The county is not shaded on MSDH's Wastewater Ordinance Map (as of April 13, 2021), so no county wide ordinance adds a final approval there. The MSDH county directory pages carry no septic or wastewater wording at all, so the quote here comes from MSDH's statewide On-Site Wastewater page, which is itself marked last reviewed on May 18, 2021. · Pontotoc County page
RankinRankin County Health Department opens in a new tabRankin County Health Department is an MSDH office, not a county government office; the MSDH Environmentalist who performs the Soil and Site Evaluation works out of it. MSDH lists it at 401 Parkway Dr, Pearl, MS 39208, phone 601-420-4959, in its County Health Departments directory for West Central Mississippi at https://msdh.ms.gov/page/19,811,166.html#Rankin (that directory page was last reviewed on Aug 13, 2019). MSDH puts the county in its Central environmental region, whose on-site wastewater office is the Lauderdale County Health Department in Meridian on the MSDH Environmental Offices sheet effective January 25, 2017. The county is shaded Final Approval Required on MSDH's Wastewater Ordinance Map (as of April 13, 2021), so a county ordinance adds a final approval on top of the state Permit/Recommendation. The MSDH county directory pages carry no septic or wastewater wording at all, so the quote here comes from MSDH's statewide On-Site Wastewater page, which is itself marked last reviewed on May 18, 2021. · Rankin County page
TateTate County Health Department opens in a new tabTate County Health Department is an MSDH office, not a county government office; the MSDH Environmentalist who performs the Soil and Site Evaluation works out of it. MSDH lists it at 100 Preston McKay Drive, Senatobia, MS 38668, phone 662-562-4428, in its County Health Departments directory for Northwest Mississippi at https://msdh.ms.gov/page/19,821,166.html#Tate (that directory page was last reviewed on Aug 13, 2019). MSDH puts the county in its North environmental region, whose on-site wastewater office is the Prentiss County Health Department in Booneville on the MSDH Environmental Offices sheet effective January 25, 2017. The county is shaded Final Approval Required on MSDH's Wastewater Ordinance Map (as of April 13, 2021), so a county ordinance adds a final approval on top of the state Permit/Recommendation. The MSDH county directory pages carry no septic or wastewater wording at all, so the quote here comes from MSDH's statewide On-Site Wastewater page, which is itself marked last reviewed on May 18, 2021. · Tate County page
UnionUnion County Health Department opens in a new tabUnion County Health Department is an MSDH office, not a county government office; the MSDH Environmentalist who performs the Soil and Site Evaluation works out of it. MSDH lists it at 252 Carter Avenue, New Albany, MS 38652, phone 662-534-1926, in its County Health Departments directory for Northeast Mississippi at https://msdh.ms.gov/page/19,806,166.html#Union (that directory page was last reviewed on Aug 13, 2019). MSDH puts the county in its North environmental region, whose on-site wastewater office is the Prentiss County Health Department in Booneville on the MSDH Environmental Offices sheet effective January 25, 2017. The county is not shaded on MSDH's Wastewater Ordinance Map (as of April 13, 2021), so no county wide ordinance adds a final approval there. The MSDH county directory pages carry no septic or wastewater wording at all, so the quote here comes from MSDH's statewide On-Site Wastewater page, which is itself marked last reviewed on May 18, 2021. · Union County page

Questions People Ask

Who issues my septic permit in Mississippi?

The state health department, through its regional environmentalists. Your county health department is a state office. After a Soil and Site Evaluation the Department provides a Permit/Recommendation listing the system types your lot can take, and you need it to get a water meter.

I was given a Permit/Recommendation with the land. Is it still good?

Probably not. It is nontransferable and valid for one year, so it does not pass to a new owner and it expires. If you are buying land to build on, treat it as information rather than as a permit you have inherited.

What should my installer hold?

A current Certified Installer certification from the Division of On-site Wastewater. To get one they sat an exam on the regulations and carry general business liability insurance of at least fifty thousand dollars per occurrence. The state's own installer and pumper database is where to check.

My system is old. Will the state make me replace it?

Not on its own. Systems installed before 1 July 2014 are grandfathered until a substantiated complaint is registered or the owner asks for an inspection. An existing system is evaluated on a request, a complaint, or a medical exception.

Do I need an inspection to sell?

We found no state rule requiring one. Mississippi works through disclosure: the seller must deliver a Property Condition Disclosure Statement to the buyer before the offer, and it asks about the sewage system and when it was last serviced.

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How these are ranked

By verification score, out of 100, across six checks published in full on how we rank. No company paid to appear and none can pay to rank higher. The score counts records and is not a judgment about workmanship.