Mississippi Foreign Registration / From Wyoming

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

For a Wyoming LLC the first year is $310: Mississippi's registration plus Wyoming's annual report minimum of $60. Mississippi wants a Wyoming certificate of good standing dated within six months, and Wyoming issues one online at no charge.

Wyoming and Mississippi in one view

Item	Wyoming	Mississippi
Each year	Annual report, $60 minimum	Annual report, $250
Good standing certificate	No charge online	Required, dated within six months
Original filing	Already formed	$250 to register
Agent	Its Wyoming agent	A second agent in Mississippi

Mississippi needs its own agent

A Wyoming LLC already has a Wyoming agent. Mississippi requires its own, with a street address and a business office in Mississippi. The Wyoming agent cannot do that job unless it is also authorized to transact business in Mississippi and keeps an office here.

The Wyoming certificate

Mississippi wants a certificate of good standing or existence from the state of formation, dated within six months. Wyoming provides a good standing certificate online without a charge. Time the order for just before you file, and make sure the Wyoming annual report is current, because the certificate reports whether the LLC is in good standing.

Putting Wyoming facts on the application

The jurisdiction of formation is Wyoming and the formation date comes from the articles of organization. The Mississippi name must carry limited liability company, LLC or L.L.C., and it need not match the Wyoming name if that one is taken here. The home office line takes the office Wyoming law requires the LLC to keep, or the principal office if it requires none.

The first-year cost

Mississippi's fee is $250 and Wyoming's annual minimum is $60, for $310. The Wyoming certificate adds nothing, which is why a Wyoming LLC's first year costs less than a Delaware LLC's. Our fee of $199 is extra, and a registered agent's own fee is separate. Both states repeat their charges every year, so the second year is the Mississippi report of $250 plus Wyoming's minimum again.

The privacy trade-off

Wyoming is often picked for privacy, but Mississippi's record is public. The annual report lists the registered agent's address and the principal office, along with the managers, or at least one member if the LLC is member-managed. Choose the business address and the signer before you file, not after.

Keeping both states current

Wyoming sets its own date for its yearly report, separate from Mississippi's calendar. Mississippi's report is due April 15 for $250. If the LLC slips out of good standing at home, the Mississippi registration is exposed, since the application swears that the LLC validly exists.

Example: a Wyoming LLC with Mississippi staff

A Wyoming LLC hires two employees who work from their homes in Jackson. They are in the state every working day, so the guide's rule of 30 days is met inside two months. The LLC orders a Wyoming certificate, names a Jackson firm as its agent, files at $250, and starts the clock on the April yearly report. Had it waited ninety days, $900 would have been added.

Deciding whether Mississippi is required

A Wyoming LLC that only keeps a bank account in Mississippi or sells through independent contractors is on the Act's excluded list. One with staff in the state is not. The trigger page sorts more situations. If the Wyoming LLC later hires someone who lives in Mississippi, the guide's days rule is met and the answer changes, so revisit the question whenever staffing changes.

If the LLC leaves Mississippi

Cancelling is $25. Wyoming's report continues, and the Mississippi reports stop. The cancellation page has the steps.

Registering a Wyoming LLC in Mississippi

Check Wyoming standing
Wyoming's online good standing certificate carries no charge.
Pick a Mississippi agent
A person or company with a street office here.
Complete the application
Wyoming as the jurisdiction, and the start date.
File
$250 to Mississippi.
Calendar April 15
The Mississippi yearly report.

Comparing a Wyoming and a Delaware LLC

For the same Mississippi registration, a Wyoming LLC's first-year state bill is $310 and a Delaware LLC's is $650. The gap is the home-state charge, $60 against $400. Mississippi charges both the same $250 and the same $250 yearly report afterward.

What the Mississippi report shows about a Wyoming LLC

The yearly report lists the agent with a street address, the principal office, who manages the LLC (or one member), its officers, and whether there is a written operating agreement. A Wyoming LLC that changes managers or moves its principal office should update Mississippi when it files, because everything stated must be accurate on the signing date.

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.

Wyoming LLC questions

Does Mississippi want a Wyoming certificate?

Yes, one dated within six months.

Does my Wyoming agent work in Mississippi?

Only if it is authorized here and keeps an office here.

Is Mississippi's record public?

Yes. Filed documents constitute notice to the public of what they state.

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.