Mississippi Foreign Registration / Registered agent

Choosing the Mississippi agent that receives your legal papers

A foreign LLC registering in Mississippi names a registered agent whose street office is inside Mississippi, and switching agents later costs $10 on a statement of change. An agent may be an individual resident or a Mississippi or authorized foreign corporation, nonprofit corporation or LLC, and in every case the business office is the registered office.

The agent rules at a glance

Who qualifies: an individual resident of Mississippi, a Mississippi corporation, nonprofit corporation or LLC, or a foreign one that is authorized to transact business in Mississippi, in each case with a business office that matches the registered office
Address: A street address in Mississippi
Change the agent or office: $10 (F0010)
Appoint an agent: $25 (F0009)
Agent changes its own address: $10 per company (F0122)
Agent resigns: No fee

Who can be the agent?

Under the Act the agent is either a person who lives in Mississippi or an entity, domestic or foreign, that is allowed to do business here, and the two offices, the agent's own and the registered one, have to be the same address. A company cannot be its own agent unless it is itself a Mississippi entity or authorized here. For a foreign LLC that means using a local individual, a local company, or a registered agent business.

Does it need a street address?

Yes. The guide asks for a registered agent with a street address inside Mississippi. The application states the agent's street and mailing address. A mail drop that has no street office behind it does not meet the rule, because the office has to be identical to the registered office.

Changing the agent or the office

The LLC changes its agent or registered office by delivering a certificate that gives its name, the current registered office address, the new address if the office is moving, the name of the current agent, the new agent's name and written consent if the agent is changing, and a statement that the addresses will match afterward. The fee schedule lists the statement of change at $10 (F0010) and, for a foreign LLC, a certificate of change of address or agent at $10.

Appointing an agent for a foreign LLC

The fee schedule lists a separate application for appointment of a registered agent of a foreign LLC, F0009, at $25. Tell us on the order what has changed with your agent, and we use the filing that fits.

When the agent moves

An agent that changes its own office address within Mississippi can file one certificate naming every LLC it serves, and the registered office of each moves to the new address. The filing counts as an amendment for each LLC, and the agent promptly gives each LLC a copy. The fee is $10 per company.

When the agent resigns

To step down, an agent files a certificate naming the LLCs it is leaving; the resignation takes effect 90 days after the filing. The agent attaches an affidavit that it mailed notice to each LLC by certified or registered mail at least 30 days before filing. There is no fee for the resignation. The LLC then has to find a new agent. Without one, papers go to the Secretary of State.

What happens when there is no agent

If there is no agent, or the agent cannot be reached despite reasonable effort, legal process is delivered to the Secretary of State. Service is perfected on the earliest of three dates: when the LLC receives the mail, the date on a signed return receipt, or 5 days after the mail is deposited, postpaid and correctly addressed. Being without an agent for 60 days or more is a ground for revoking the registration, so a lapse is worth fixing quickly.

What it costs the state to forward process

When legal papers are served on the Secretary of State, the office collects $25 each time. An LLC with a working agent avoids the detour, and its papers reach it directly.

Commercial registered agents

Mississippi keeps a list of commercial registered agents. A commercial agent applies with a listing statement and a fee of $100, one form for each address, and ends its status with a termination statement at $50. If you hire an agent company, check that it is listed. A statement appointing an agent for service of process costs $10.

Choosing an agent

Look for continuity and a street office with someone present during business hours. Ask how the agent forwards documents and how fast. Confirm it will stay in place for the length of your registration, since losing the agent triggers a revocation clock. We can serve as the agent on an order, or you can name your own.

Agent questions

Can the agent be in another state?

No. A Mississippi resident or an entity authorized here fills the role, with its office at the registered address.

Can I use my home address?

If you are an individual Mississippi resident and the home is your business office, it can work. A mailbox cannot.

Does the agent get my mail?

It receives legal process, notices and demands for the LLC.

How fast can I change the agent?

It is effective once the office files the statement.

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.