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Doing business in Mississippi from another state

If your LLC does business in Mississippi as Mississippi defines it, you register with the Mississippi Secretary of State, Business Services for $250.

Step 1: put these questions to Mississippi’s law

  1. An employee or contractor works from the state. Ask whether the statute counts work done by people located in the state, and whether employees and independent contractors are treated alike.
  2. You sell to customers there but have no one on the ground. Ask whether the statute treats sales from outside the state differently from activity inside it.
  3. The LLC owns or leases property there. Ask whether owning or leasing real estate is listed as an activity that does, or does not, count.
  4. You open an office, shop or warehouse. Ask whether a fixed place of business is named in the statute. Settle the answer before you sign a lease.
  5. You hold meetings or keep a bank account there. Ask whether the statute lists these ancillary activities, and whether they count by themselves.

Mississippi’s sources do not name a statute on this page; start at the Mississippi filing page.

Step 2: if the answer is yes

Form
Filing F0200, Application for Registration of Foreign Limited Liability Company
Fee
$250
Paper from your home state
Certificate of good standing or existence, no older than 180 days
Agent
A registered agent in Mississippi

Best 3 Foreign Registration Services in Mississippi (2026)

Step 3: if you would rather not file it yourself.

#ServiceService feeMississippi feeAgent
1Mainstay Filing$199$250Year one included, then $149/yr
2Registered Agent MS.org$199$250Year one included, then $99/yr
3Mississippi Registered Agent.co$199$250Year one included, then $99/yr

Service prices read from each provider’s Mississippi page on October 28, 2026. The state fee is the official figure below and is paid to the Mississippi Secretary of State, Business Services.

Mississippi questions

When does an LLC from another state have to register in Mississippi?

When its activity in Mississippi meets Mississippi’s own definition of doing business. We do not paraphrase it; read it through the Mississippi filing page.

What does registering in Mississippi cost?

$250 to the Mississippi Secretary of State, Business Services.

What is required after registering?

Foreign LLC annual report (Mississippi Secretary of State), $250 (due: april 15), and a registered agent in Mississippi.

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