Mississippi

Foreign registration · no form number

Mississippi Corporation Foreign Registration in Montana

Montana registers a corporation from Mississippi as a foreign corporation on an online registration (no form number), with $70 in state fees. Montana may ask for Mississippi's Certificate of Good Standing / Certificate of Existence ($25). We file it with the Secretary of State, Business Services using your Mississippi records and act as your registered agent there for the first year.

What Mississippi and Montana each ask for

	Mississippi formed here	Montana registering here
Document	Mississippi Certificate of Good Standing / Certificate of Existence	Certificate of Authority (no form number)
State fee	$25	$70 at order
How it is handled	Mississippi: online, available as soon as it is paid for	Filed online with Montana
Office	Mississippi Secretary of State, Business Services	Montana Secretary of State, Business Services
Official page	sos.ms.gov	help.sosmt.gov
Yearly filing	Annual Report, $25, every year	Annual Report, no fee, every year
Due	April 15	April 15
Agent	Your Mississippi registered agent	Our Montana registered agent

From Mississippi to Montana, step by step

We prepare and file the registration
It lists us as your Montana registered agent, next to your Mississippi name and formation date. If Montana wants the Mississippi certificate, it is ordered first. Once Montana approves it, the Mississippi company can do business there.

Your Mississippi name and Montana's rules

We search Montana's records for Mississippi's name on file before anything is filed.

Your Montana agent and the Mississippi one

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

Yearly filings: Montana and Mississippi

Each year your corporation files Mississippi's Annual Report ($25) and Montana's Annual Report (no fee). With our $149 registered agent renewal, Mississippi plus Montana comes to $174 a year. The new registration does not replace any home-state filing.

LLC or corporation, Mississippi to Montana

An LLC formed in Mississippi files its own registration with Montana ($70 in state fees, the same; no home-state certificate is needed). After that come Mississippi's Annual Report (no fee) and Montana's Annual Report ($20). See the LLC filing.

The other way: Montana into Mississippi

A corporation formed in Montana that registers with Mississippi files Form F0002 with $500 in state fees. See that filing.

Questions Mississippi owners ask about Montana

Does my Mississippi company need to register in Montana?

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

Is this a certificate of authority?

Yes: Montana issues one to Mississippi corporations once the filing is approved.

How much does the Montana registration cost?

$269 at checkout; Montana may also want Mississippi's Certificate of Good Standing / Certificate of Existence, at extra cost.

What are the yearly costs for Mississippi and Montana?

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

Does Montana require a registered agent?

Yes: the Mississippi registered agent stays, and ours covers Montana for year one.

Can I form a new Montana corporation instead?

Yes, but Mississippi keeps the original, so you run two companies: the new one files Montana's Annual Report (no fee), and the original keeps Mississippi's Annual Report.

What does a Montana company file to register in Mississippi?

It files Form F0002 with $500 in state fees.

How do I get a Mississippi certificate of good standing?

Mississippi issues the Certificate of Good Standing / Certificate of Existence online, available as soon as it is paid for ($25).

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