Mississippi Foreign Registration / From Delaware

A Delaware LLC registers in Mississippi: what it costs and how

For a Delaware LLC, registering in Mississippi costs $250, and Delaware's $400 annual tax stays due on top of it: $650 for the first year. Mississippi also wants a Delaware certificate of good standing dated within six months, which Delaware charges $50 for, so the registration and the certificate together come to $300 before Delaware's tax.

Delaware and Mississippi in one view

Item	Delaware	Mississippi
Yearly charge	$400 annual tax	$250 annual report
Due date	June 1	April 15
Late result	$200 late charge plus interest	Revocation after 60 days
Certificate	$50 short form	Required, dated within six months
Filing	Already formed	$250 to register

The Delaware certificate Mississippi wants

Mississippi's Act calls for the authenticated home certificate to go in with the application. For a Delaware LLC that is a certificate of good standing from the Delaware Division of Corporations. The Secretary of State's guide limits its age to six months. Delaware charges $50 for the short form, and the certificate only shows good standing if the Delaware annual tax is paid.

Delaware tax comes first

A Delaware LLC owes $400 on June 1 each year, and a late payment adds $200. An LLC that is behind cannot expect a clean good standing certificate. Pay the tax, then order the certificate, then file in Mississippi. The two Delaware items are part of the real first-year cost, which is why we show both together.

The numbers side by side

Mississippi's registration is $250 and Delaware's tax is $400, so the first year comes to $650 before the certificate. The registration and Delaware's $50 certificate on their own come to $300. After that, Mississippi's yearly report adds $250 each year and Delaware's tax comes around again. Paying Delaware late adds the $200 charge plus monthly interest of 1.5 percent.

Two agents, not one

The Delaware registered agent is a separate matter. Mississippi needs its own agent with a street office in the state, which is an individual resident or an entity authorized here. A Delaware agent can serve only if it is also authorized in Mississippi and keeps an office here.

The name on the application

Delaware requires Limited Liability Company, L.L.C. or LLC in an LLC's name, so a Delaware name already carries the wording Mississippi asks for. The Act accepts any name that includes limited liability company, LLC or L.L.C. and that a Mississippi LLC could register. If another entity already holds the name here, the application carries a different Mississippi name.

The state of formation and the formation date

The Delaware answers are short: Delaware as the jurisdiction, the date on the certificate of formation, and the sworn point that the LLC is in valid existence on the filing day. The application also carries the home-state office address; a Delaware LLC's registered office is the usual answer.

Where Delaware LLCs get caught

Most delays come from a certificate that is older than six months, a Delaware tax that was never paid for a year, or an agent that is only a Delaware agent. Another is the start date: a Delaware LLC with a Mississippi employee since January that registers in April is three months into the daily charge. That is $900 on top of the fee.

Keeping both states current

Delaware's tax is due June 1, and Mississippi's report April 15. A missed Mississippi report is a ground for revocation after 60 days. Missing the Delaware tax can undo the good standing that the Mississippi registration was built on.

If the LLC leaves Mississippi

Cancelling takes a certificate of cancellation for $25. Delaware's own charges are not affected. The cancellation page has the steps.

Registering a Delaware LLC in Mississippi

Pay the Delaware tax
The annual tax is $400, due June 1.
Order the certificate
Good standing, $50, dated within six months of filing.
Pick a Mississippi agent
A street office inside Mississippi.
Complete the application
Delaware as the jurisdiction, plus the start date.
File
$250 to Mississippi.

How Delaware assesses its tax

Delaware's tax is charged to an LLC that is active in the Division's records at any time during the tax year, which runs January 1 to December 31, and it is not prorated. A Delaware LLC that has been dormant but never cancelled still owes it. For a company registering in Mississippi, that means the Delaware status is the first thing to check: the certificate Mississippi asks for reports standing, and standing depends on the tax being current.

Example: a Delaware LLC with a crew on the Gulf Coast

A Delaware LLC sends a four-person crew to Gulfport for a three-month contract. The crew's days in the state far exceed the 30-day rule in the guide, so the LLC registers. It pays Delaware's $400 tax, orders the $50 certificate, names a Gulfport firm as its agent, and files for $250. Its first-year state bill is $650 plus the certificate. Waiting until the contract ended would have added the daily charge for the whole three months.

Delaware LLC questions

Does Mississippi accept a Delaware certificate?

Yes, an authenticated certificate of good standing or existence from the Delaware official.

How old can it be?

The guide says within six months.

Is Delaware's tax separate from Mississippi's fee?

Yes. Each state charges its own.

Our fee and Mississippi's

Register before the days add up

Mississippi

$199

+ $250 Mississippi fee

Your answers turned into the Mississippi foreign LLC application
Your formation-state certificate held up against the age limit
An agent at a Mississippi street address, from us or from you
The registration as filed, delivered to you
Renewal: after the first year, the agent service renews at $149 a year

The state portion is $250. Checkout lists it on its own line. $199 plus the state fee, including your first year of registered agent service; after that the agent service renews at $149 a year.