Colorado

Mississippi

Foreign registration · Form F0002

Colorado Corporation Foreign Registration in Mississippi

To do business in Mississippi, a corporation formed in Colorado registers there on Form F0002, with $500 in state fees. Mississippi may ask for Colorado's Certificate of Good Standing (free). We file it with the Secretary of State, Business Services using your Colorado records and act as your registered agent there for the first year.

Colorado and Mississippi side by side

	Colorado formed here	Mississippi registering here
Document	Colorado Certificate of Good Standing	Form F0002, Application for Certificate of Authority
State fee	No fee	$500 at order
How it is handled	Colorado: online as an instant PDF	Filed with Mississippi
Office	Colorado Secretary of State, Business Program	Mississippi Secretary of State, Business Services
Official page	sos.state.co.us	sos.ms.gov
Yearly filing	Periodic Report, $25, every year	Annual Report, $25, every year
Due	Last day of the entity's anniversary month	April 15
Agent	Your Colorado registered agent	Our Mississippi registered agent

How Colorado companies register with Mississippi

We prepare and file Form F0002
It names us as your Mississippi registered agent, with your Colorado name and formation date. If Mississippi wants the Colorado certificate, it is ordered first. After approval, your Colorado corporation is registered with Mississippi.

Your Colorado name and Mississippi's rules

We check your exact Colorado name against Mississippi's records before filing.

Agents: Mississippi and Colorado

Colorado and Mississippi both call it a registered agent. Your current registered agent stays for Colorado; ours takes Mississippi's papers and notices.

Yearly filings: Mississippi and Colorado

Each year your corporation files Colorado's Periodic Report ($25) and Mississippi's Annual Report ($25). With our $149 registered agent renewal, Colorado plus Mississippi comes to $199 a year. The new registration does not replace any home-state filing.

LLC or corporation, Colorado to Mississippi

An LLC formed in Colorado files Form F0200 with Mississippi ($250 in state fees, plus the Certificate of Good Standing (free)). After that come Colorado's Periodic Report ($25) and Mississippi's Annual Report ($250). See the LLC filing.

Registering a Mississippi company in Colorado

A corporation formed in Mississippi that registers with Colorado files Colorado's registration (no form number) with $100 in state fees; no Mississippi certificate is needed. See that filing.

Questions Colorado owners ask about Mississippi

Does my Colorado company need to register in Mississippi?

Yes, once a Colorado business operates there; Mississippi registers it as a foreign corporation.

Is this a certificate of authority?

Yes: Mississippi issues one to Colorado corporations once the form is approved.

How much does it cost to register a Colorado corporation in Mississippi?

$699 at checkout; Mississippi may also want Colorado's Certificate of Good Standing, at extra cost.

What are the yearly costs for Colorado and Mississippi?

$199 a year: our $149 registered agent renewal, $25 to Colorado and $25 to Mississippi for the yearly reports.

Does Mississippi require a registered agent?

Yes: the Colorado registered agent stays, and ours covers Mississippi for year one, with a street address there.

Can I form a new Mississippi corporation instead?

Yes, but Colorado keeps the original, so you run two companies: the new one files Mississippi's Annual Report ($25), and the original keeps Colorado's Periodic Report.

How do I withdraw from Mississippi later?

Colorado companies leave by filing an Application of Certificate of Withdrawal; until then, Mississippi's report stays due alongside Colorado's filings.

What does a Mississippi company file to register in Colorado?

It files Colorado's registration with $100 in state fees.

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