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Foreign registration · Form F0002

Minnesota Corporation Foreign Registration in Mississippi

A corporation formed in Minnesota that wants to do business in Mississippi files Form F0002, with $500 in state fees. Mississippi may ask for Minnesota's Certificate of Good Standing ($5). We file it with the Secretary of State, Business Services from your Minnesota records, then serve as your registered agent there for year one.

What Minnesota and Mississippi each ask for

	Minnesota formed here	Mississippi registering here
Document	Minnesota Certificate of Good Standing	Form F0002, Application for Certificate of Authority
State fee	$5	$500 at order
How it is handled	Minnesota: online, issued as soon as it is paid for and kept in the online account for 90 days	Filed with Mississippi
Office	Minnesota Secretary of State, Business Services	Mississippi Secretary of State, Business Services
Official page	sos.mn.gov	sos.ms.gov
Yearly filing	Annual Renewal, no fee, every year	Annual Report, $25, every year
Due	December 31	April 15
Agent	Your Minnesota registered agent	Our Mississippi registered agent

How Minnesota companies register with Mississippi

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

Your Minnesota name and Mississippi's rules

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

Agents: Mississippi and Minnesota

Minnesota and Mississippi both call it a registered agent. Mississippi papers come to us; Minnesota's agent is unchanged.

Yearly filings: Mississippi and Minnesota

Each year your corporation files Minnesota's Annual Renewal (no fee) and Mississippi's Annual Report ($25). With our $149 registered agent renewal, Minnesota plus Mississippi comes to $174 a year. Both states' filings stay current side by side.

LLC or corporation, Minnesota to Mississippi

An LLC formed in Minnesota files Form F0200 with Mississippi ($250 in state fees, plus the Certificate of Good Standing ($5)). After that come Minnesota's Annual Renewal (no fee) and Mississippi's Annual Report ($250). See the LLC filing.

The other way: Mississippi into Minnesota

A corporation formed in Mississippi that registers with Minnesota files Minnesota's registration (no form number) with $220 in state fees. See that filing.

Questions Minnesota owners ask about Mississippi

Does my Minnesota company need to register in Mississippi?

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

Is this a certificate of authority?

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

How much does the Mississippi registration cost?

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

What are the yearly costs for Minnesota and Mississippi?

$174 a year: our $149 registered agent renewal, nothing to Minnesota and $25 to Mississippi for the yearly reports.

Does Mississippi require a registered agent?

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

How do I withdraw from Mississippi later?

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

What does a Mississippi company file to register in Minnesota?

It files Minnesota's registration with $220 in state fees.

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