Mississippi Foreign Registration / Form F0200

Mississippi F0200, the foreign LLC application, matter by matter

The Mississippi application for a foreign LLC is the Application for Registration of Foreign Limited Liability Company, listed as F0200 on the fee schedule, and the filing fee is $250. The Revised LLC Act lists what the application must state, and the sections below go through each matter. We prepare it for $199.

The form at a glance

Title: Application for Registration of Foreign Limited Liability Company
Schedule ID: F0200
Law: Mississippi Limited Liability Company Act, foreign LLC article
Fee: $250
Filed with: Mississippi Secretary of State, Business Services
How: Through the Secretary of State's online filing system
Attached: Certificate of good standing or existence, dated within six months
Signer: a member, manager or officer with authority under the law of the home jurisdiction

The name of the company

First comes the foreign LLC's name and, where it differs, the name it plans to use in Mississippi. Either name must meet the Act's naming rule: it has to include the words limited liability company or the abbreviation LLC or L.L.C., and it has to be a name a Mississippi LLC could register. Copy the home name from the formation record character for character, including punctuation. The rule applies to the Mississippi name, so the company can register under a name that differs from its home name.

Where it was formed and that it exists

Next come the state or other jurisdiction of formation, the date of formation, and a statement that the LLC is in valid existence under that place's law as of the filing date. The home certificate backs that statement up, and the Act wants it delivered with the application. The guide caps the certificate's age at six months. If the LLC has fallen out of good standing at home, fix that first, because the statement would be untrue as filed.

The registered agent

The application names whoever will accept legal papers for the company, with that person's street and mailing addresses. The Act's test for the role is a Mississippi resident, or a corporation, nonprofit or LLC organized or authorized in Mississippi, whose own office sits at the registered office. A mailbox does not qualify, because the guide asks for a street address inside the state.

The Secretary of State as backup agent

The application adds that the Secretary of State steps in to receive process when the agent's authority has been revoked, or when the agent cannot be located and served with reasonable effort. It is a standing statement, so there is nothing to choose, but it explains why a lapsed agent matters: process then goes to the state, which forwards it to the address on file.

The date business began

One line of the application is the day business began in Mississippi, or the day it will. The answer matters for the daily charge. An LLC that began months ago and gives an honest early date should expect the add-on to apply, while one that has not started should say so and register before it does. Deciding which day business began is a legal call, and a Mississippi business lawyer can help with it. With the date in hand, we enter it and file.

The home office address and a fixed dissolution date

It also gives the home-state office address that the law there demands, falling back to the principal office when the home state demands none. If the LLC has a specific date on which it will dissolve, the latest such date goes in as well. Most LLCs have no fixed date and leave that statement out. The Act lets the manager or members add any other matters they choose to include.

The signature

A member, manager or officer who holds signing authority under the home jurisdiction's law signs the application. Under the signature the signer prints a name, says in what role they sign, and adds a street and mailing address. A copied signature is accepted.

The home-state certificate

The home official's authenticated certificate of existence, or an equivalent, travels with the application. The guide describes the paper as a certificate of good standing or existence dated in the last six months. If the formation state offers more than one version of the certificate, ask for the one that states current standing, not the formation document. The Delaware and Wyoming pages name the usual ones.

Fee, payment and filing route

The fee is $250, and the Act says a document is not effective until its fee is paid. The guide tells filers to sign in to the filing system and take the out-of-state registration link.

How long the state takes

Mississippi does not publish a processing time for this filing. On approval the Secretary of State endorses the application Filed with the date and time, files it, and returns a copy to the filer.

Why an application might come back

Every requirement in the Act is a point where an application can fail: a name that lacks the LLC ending, an agent that does not meet the residency or office requirement, a missing or stale home certificate, an unsigned application, an unpaid fee, or one of the stated matters left blank. We check each of them before the filing goes in.

Changing something after you file

If anything stated on the application changes, the LLC promptly amends it with a certificate of amendment, $50 on the fee schedule (F0201). A new agent or office is handled separately with a statement of change at $10.

How we prepare the Mississippi application

You send the company details
Name at home, formation state and date, addresses and who signs.
We check the certificate
It has to be dated within six months of filing.
We prepare the application
Checked against the Act and the agent rules.
Your signer reviews it
The statement of existence stays with them.
We file it online
The state fee is $250.

Registered agent: first year included, then $149 a year

$199 plus the state fee, including your first year of registered agent service; after that the agent service renews at $149 a year.

Form questions

Does a notary have to witness the signature?

The Act asks for a signature by an authorized person and no notary.

Can a copy of a signature be filed?

Yes. The Act says a copy of a signature, however made, is acceptable.

Does a professional LLC use the same form?

The Act covers foreign LLCs formed to render professional services in the same section. Check licensing with the relevant Mississippi board.

Is the Mississippi name allowed to differ from the home name?

Yes, if it includes LLC wording and a Mississippi LLC could register it.

We prepare the Mississippi application

Our fee and Mississippi's

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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.