Mississippi

Foreign registration · no form number

Mississippi Corporation Foreign Registration in Nebraska

To do business in Nebraska, a corporation formed in Mississippi registers there on an online registration (no form number), with $110 in state fees. Nebraska also wants Mississippi's Certificate of Good Standing / Certificate of Existence ($25). We file it with the Secretary of State, Business Services Division from your Mississippi records, then serve as your agent for service of process there for year one.

Mississippi and Nebraska side by side

	Mississippi formed here	Nebraska registering here
Document	Mississippi Certificate of Good Standing / Certificate of Existence	Application for Certificate of Authority to Transact Business (no form number)
State fee	$25	$110 at order (filing fee $100 plus charges collected at filing)
How it is handled	Mississippi: online, available as soon as it is paid for	Filed online with Nebraska
Office	Mississippi Secretary of State, Business Services	Nebraska Secretary of State, Business Services Division
Official page	sos.ms.gov	sos.nebraska.gov
Age rule	Dated when issued	Must be current
Yearly filing	Annual Report, $25, every year	Biennial Report, $52, every two years
Due	April 15	April 1 of each even-numbered year
Agent	Your Mississippi registered agent	Our Nebraska agent for service of process

How Mississippi companies register with Nebraska

Order the Mississippi certificate
The Certificate of Good Standing / Certificate of Existence ($25) is ordered from Mississippi separately; it is not part of our Nebraska order. Nebraska wants the Mississippi certificate current, so it is ordered close to the filing date.
We prepare and file the registration
It lists us as your Nebraska agent for service of process, next to your Mississippi name and formation date, with the certificate attached. With the certificate issued on the spot, nothing from Mississippi delays the Nebraska filing. Once Nebraska approves it, the Mississippi company can do business there.

First-year cost, Mississippi to Nebraska

Item	Amount
State fees, paid at order	$110
Certificate of Good Standing / Certificate of Existence, paid to Mississippi	$25
Our service, with a year of Nebraska agent for service of process service	$199
First-year total, Mississippi certificate included	$334

Your Mississippi name and Nebraska's rules

If another Nebraska company uses the Mississippi name, an alternate name is allowed. We check your exact Mississippi name against Nebraska's records before filing.

Your Nebraska agent and the Mississippi one

Nebraska calls it an agent for service of process; Mississippi says registered agent. Nebraska papers come to us; Mississippi's agent is unchanged.

Yearly filings: Nebraska and Mississippi

Mississippi wants the Annual Report every year ($25); Nebraska wants the Biennial Report every two years ($52). The new registration does not replace any home-state filing.

LLC or corporation, Mississippi to Nebraska

An LLC formed in Mississippi files its own registration with Nebraska ($110 in state fees, the same, plus the Certificate of Good Standing / Certificate of Existence ($25)). After that come Mississippi's Annual Report (no fee) and Nebraska's Biennial Report ($25). See the LLC filing.

Registering a Nebraska company in Mississippi

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

Questions Mississippi owners ask about Nebraska

Does my Mississippi company need to register in Nebraska?

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

Is this a certificate of authority?

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

How much does the Nebraska registration cost?

$309 at checkout plus $25 to Mississippi for the Certificate of Good Standing / Certificate of Existence, $334 in all (checkout is $110 in state fees plus our $199).

Do I need Mississippi's certificate of good standing?

Yes: Nebraska wants it ($25), current at filing.

What are the yearly costs for Mississippi and Nebraska?

Our agent for service of process renewal ($149 a year), Mississippi's report ($25) and Nebraska's report ($52, every two years).

What if I don't register with Nebraska?

A Mississippi company cannot sue in court there until it registers, and Nebraska can add a penalty of $500 a day, up to $10,000 a year.

Does Nebraska require a registered agent?

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

Will Nebraska accept my Mississippi name?

Yes, if no company there has it; if one does, it uses an alternate name there and keeps its Mississippi name at home.

Can I form a new Nebraska corporation instead?

Yes, but Mississippi keeps the original, so you run two companies: the new one files Nebraska's Biennial Report ($26), and the original keeps Mississippi's Annual Report.

How do I withdraw from Nebraska later?

Mississippi companies leave by filing a Certificate of Withdrawal to Transact Business in the State of Nebraska; until then, Nebraska's report stays due alongside Mississippi's filings.

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