2015 Mississippi Code
Title 45 - PUBLIC SAFETY AND GOOD ORDER
Chapter 43 - WILLIAM LEE MONTJOY POOL SAFETY ACT
§ 45-43-19 - Inspection, maintenance, repair and upkeep of pool yard enclosures, gates, windows, doors, latching devices, etc

(1) An owner of a multiunit rental complex or a rental dwelling in a condominium, cooperative, or townhome project with a pool or a property owners association that owns, controls or maintains a pool shall exercise ordinary and reasonable care to inspect, maintain, repair and keep in good working order the pool yard enclosures, gates and self-closing and self-latching devices required by this chapter and within the control of the owner or property owners association.

(2) An owner of a multiunit rental complex or a rental dwelling in a condominium, cooperative, or townhome project with a pool or a property owners association that owns, controls or maintains a pool shall exercise ordinary and reasonable care to maintain, repair and keep in good working order the window latches, sliding-door handle latches, sliding-door pin locks, and sliding-door security bars required by this chapter and within the control of the owner or property owners association after request or notice from the tenant that those devices are malfunctioning or in need of repair or replacement.

(3) An owner of a multiunit rental complex or a rental dwelling in a condominium, cooperative, or townhome project with a pool or a property owners association that owns, controls or maintains a pool shall inspect the pool yard enclosures, gates, and self-closing and self-latching devices on gates no less than once every thirty-one (31) days.

(4) An owner's or property owners association's duty of inspection, repair, and maintenance under this section may not be waived under any circumstances and may not be enlarged except by written agreement with a tenant or occupant of a multiunit rental complex or a member of a property owners association or as may be otherwise allowed by this chapter.